Table 2. Changes in the potential habitat area of desert locusts relative to the current area under different climate scenarios.
| Scenarios | Time | Low suitable area (×106 km2) | Moderately suitable area (×106 km2) | Highly suitable area (×106 km2) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gain | Loss | Unchanged | Gain | Loss | Unchanged | Gain | Loss | Unchanged | ||
| SSP126 | 2050s | 2.42 | 1.34 | 10.48 | 1.52 | 2.07 | 4.68 | 0.39 | 1.15 | 3.84 |
| 2070s | 2.57 | 1.35 | 10.48 | 1.58 | 2.20 | 4.55 | 0.42 | 1.26 | 3.74 | |
| SSP245 | 2050s | 2.99 | 1.44 | 10.38 | 1.79 | 2.39 | 4.36 | 0.41 | 1.39 | 3.61 |
| 2070s | 3.56 | 1.61 | 10.22 | 2.12 | 2.67 | 4.07 | 0.58 | 1.64 | 3.36 | |
| SSP370 | 2050s | 3.39 | 1.42 | 10.40 | 1.83 | 2.61 | 4.14 | 0.45 | 1.53 | 3.46 |
| 2070s | 4.31 | 1.87 | 9.96 | 2.27 | 3.10 | 3.65 | 0.68 | 1.87 | 3.13 | |
| SSP585 | 2050s | 3.81 | 1.48 | 10.35 | 1.96 | 3.03 | 3.72 | 0.57 | 1.70 | 3.29 |
| 2070s | 5.25 | 2.14 | 9.69 | 2.73 | 3.61 | 3.13 | 0.73 | 2.28 | 2.70 | |