Extreme heatwaves could make the north China plain uninhabitable in places if climate change is not curbed - it is home to 400m people and vital to China's food production

Study area

Beijing

Tianjin

North

China

plain

Jinan

Qingdao

Jining

Yellow

Sea

China

Shanghai

400 km

400 miles

Mongolia

Study area

Beijing

North Korea

Tianjin

North

China

plain

Jinan

South Korea

Qingdao

Jining

Xi’an

Yellow river

Japan

China

Shanghai

East China Sea

400 km

400 miles