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. 2018 May 21;8:7904. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26321-8

Table 1.

Current and projected expansions of GDD5 ≥ 1200 areas in the boreal regions of selected countries.

Country Total land area Boreal region Current and projected distribution of the GDD5 ≥ 1200 area across the boreal region
Current 2050–2054 2065–2069 2080–2084 2095–2099 2005–2099
Boreal areaa % Boreal Areab % of boreal Area % of boreal (mean [min-max]) Area % of boreal (mean [min-max]) Area % of boreal (mean [min-max]) Area % of boreal (mean [min-max]) Total area gain % increase above current (mean [min-max])
of Global of country
Russian Federation 16.88 11.53 54.6 68.3 3.94 34.2 7.05 61 [44–70] 7.97 69 [48–78] 8.74 76 [54–86] 9.06 79 [56–87] 5.12 129 [65–155]
Canada 9.96 6.53 30.4 38.7 1.72 26.3 3.62 55 [43–67] 4.07 62 [48–80] 4.50 69 [50–88] 4.79 73 [52–93] 3.07 178 [97–255]
United States 9.47 1.24 5.8 7.4 0.32 26 0.45 36 [31–44] 0.63 51 [34–65] 0.74 59 [36–73] 0.90 72 [44–85] 0.57 177 [68–226]
Mongolia 1.56 0.56 2.6 3.3 0.18 32.9 0.30 53 [40–62] 0.34 60 [42–73] 0.39 70 [50–85] 0.41 734 [50–90] 0.23 125 [51–172]
China 9.41 0.49 2.3 2.9 0.35 71.8 0.47 96 [88–97] 0.47 97 [93–98] 0.48 98 [96–99] 0.48 99 [96–100] 0.13 37 [34–39]
Finland 0.34 0.33 1.5 1.9 0.17 51.2 0.27 83 [70–94] 0.28 86 [72–97] 0.31 94 [79–98] 0.31 95 [80–99] 0.14 84 [55–92]
Sweden 0.45 0.31 1.4 1.8 0.03 8.2 0.13 41 [19–64] 0.16 50 [20–77] 0.20 63 [40–88] 0.20 64 [39–92] 0.17 687 [374–1027]
Norway 0.33 0.28 1.3 1.7 0.03 9.7 0.06 20 [12–31] 0.08 27 [14–52] 0.10 36 [18–71] 0.12 41 [20–78] 0.09 326 [107–704]
Kazakhstan 2.72 0.12 0.6 0.7 0.10 82.8 0.12 92 [88–95] 0.12 96 [92–98] 0.12 97 [93–98] 0.12 98 [95–99] 0.02 18 [15–20]
Kyrgyzstan 0.20 0.02 0.1 0.1 0.01 38.1 0.02 91 [63–98] 0.02 96 [74–100] 0.02 100 [90–100] 0.02 100 [90–100] 0.01 162 [138–163]
Globalc 21.51 100 6.85 32 12.47 58 [43–68] 14.14 66 [48–78] 15.57 73 [55–89] 16.40 76 [55–89] 9.55 140 [72–180]

a,bAreas in units of 106 km2.

cSmall areas of the boreal regions in other regions are sufficiently small to be masked within the rounding error.