Fig. 6
From: Human-induced temperature rise is driving Africa towards drought-prone climatic conditions
The graph illustrates historical, current, and predicted future changes in surface air temperature across Africa, both over time and space. a It displays the yearly average SAT deviation with respect to derived from multiple model estimations, spanning 1850-2100, compared to the baseline of 1850 to the year 1900. Future estimations, based on different Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), cover the time from 2006 to the year 2099. The colored shades shows one standard deviation of mean of all different CMIP5 model estimations. The HadCRUT5 (1850–2005) SAT is shown in black. The historical segment (1850–2005) is included in (a) as it is vital for contextualizing future predictions. b, c, d, e Maps show the geographical distribution of temperature trends across Africa during the 21st century under the RCP8.5 scenario. These trends are analyzed for specific intervals: the near future (2006–2035), mid-future (2046–2065), far future (2080–2099), and the entire projection period (2006–2099). These maps have been generated by using Matplotlib visualization with Python version 3.10.14 (https://matplotlib.org/).
