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. 2017 Jun 19;7:3845. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04140-7

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Spatial distribution of changes in permafrost area on the QTP in the near-term (2011–2040), mid-term (2041–2070), long-term (2071–2099) compared with the baseline period under RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5 scenarios. Decreased permafrost area indicates that permafrost has degraded to seasonally frozen or non-frozen regions; unchanged permafrost is permafrost that has persisted over different time periods; unchanged seasonally frozen ground indicates areas that are persistently non-permafrost regions. (The figure was created using ArcGIS 10.1 http://www.esri.com/ software).