Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 January 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00963-x

The intertropical convergence zone is predicted to narrow under climate change with large uncertainties about its location. Analysis with CMIP6 models shows a zonally varying response, with northward shift over east Africa and the Indian Ocean and southward shift in east Pacific and Atlantic oceans.