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Pressures affecting Antarctic historic heritage

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Pressures Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage Antarctica Year...

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Pressures affecting the Antarctic terrestrial environment

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the terrestrial environment Antarctica Year...

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Pressures affecting Antarctic marine species

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...

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Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...

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State and trends of contaminated Antarctic sites

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollutionAustralian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators Antarctica...

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State and trends of the terrestrial environment of Macquarie Island

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The living environment: Marine and terrestrial Antarctica...

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State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The living environment: Vertebrate populations Antarctica...

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State and trends of the Southern Ocean

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The physical environment: The Southern Ocean Antarctica...

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State and trends of the Antarctic atmosphere

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and weather patterns Antarctica...

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State and trends of the Antarctic cryosphere

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The physical environment: The cryosphere Antarctica...

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Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Resilience Antarctica Natural disturbances are part of life in Antarctic ecosystems, and the native species can generally survive shock events because they have...

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Overview of effectiveness of management of the antarctic environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica Australia has improved various aspects of its human presence in Antarctica through improved waste treatment and repatriation,...

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State and trends of the Australian Antarctic program’s station environment

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

The title of this assessment summary has changed for 2016. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles. State and trends of the station environment...

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State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica and the subantarctic that are managed by Australia

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

The title of this assessment summary has been expanded to better represent the components being assessed. The previous title was 'State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica'. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been...

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State and trends of historic heritage in Antarctica

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

The title of this assessment summary has changed for 2016. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles. State and trends of the historic heritage in Antarctica...

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Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Management achievementsManagement processesGovernance Antarctica...

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Australia’s water resources

2016
Inland water
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Inland water Introduction South East Coast Timor Sea Gulf of Carpentaria Antarctica Drainage divisions are the...

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Figure ANT3 Annual average daily maximum and minimum temperatures, smoothed with a 5-year running mean, for Australia’s Casey, Davis (from 1957) and Mawson (from 1954) Antarctic research stations, and subantarctic Macquarie Island (from 1948)

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
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Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures (smoothed with a 5-year running mean) for Australia's Antarctic stations, 1948–2013 Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures (smoothed with a 5-year running mean) for Australia's Antarctic stations, 1948...

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Figure ANT4 Summer (December–February) average temperature anomaly of daily maximum temperatures (annual average of the monthly mean daily maximum temperature deseasonalised by the summer mean for 1971–2000) for Mawson and Macquarie Island

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Graph

Temperature anomalies at Mawson station and Macquarie Island station, December–February, 1948–2014 Temperature anomalies at Mawson station and Macquarie Island station, December–February, 1948–2014 DJF MAX MawsonDJF MAX Macquarie Island 1948-1.27 1949-1...

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Figure ANT6 Equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine for the Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes derived from AGAGE global measurements of all major ozone-depleting substances and World Meteorological Organization 2014 scenarios

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Graph

Average equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine for October, Antarctica, 1970–2105 Average equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine for October, Antarctica, 1970–2105 World Meteorological Organization 2014 scenariosAGAGE Antarctic measures of major ozone...

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Figure ANT7 October monthly average total-column ozone values for Halley Station, 1957–2015

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Graph

Average total-column ozone values for October, Halley Station, 1957-2015 Average total-column ozone values for October, Halley Station, 1957-2015 Column ozone 1957322 1958306 1959303 1960293 1961309 1962323 1963301 1964310 1965274 1966308...

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Figure ANT8 Annual average estimated cumulative ice mass loss and sea level equivalent

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
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Gt = gigatonne; mm = millimetreSource: Adapted from Figure 4.16 of Vaughan et al. (2013) Figure ANT8 Annual average estimated cumulative ice mass loss and sea level equivalent, 1992–2012 The physical environment: The cryosphere

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Figure ANT10 Five-day running average of daily sea ice extent anomaly (compared with the 1981–2010 average) for the Southern Hemisphere, 2012–15

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Graph

Five-day running average of daily sea-ice extent anomaly for the Southern Hemisphere, 2012–15 Five-day running average of daily sea-ice extent anomaly for the Southern Hemisphere, 2012–15 Range of daily values for 1981–2010 (min)Range of daily values for 1981–...

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Figure ANT11 Monthly average surface atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, 1958–2015

2016
Antarctic environment
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Monthly average surface atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, 1958–2015. Monthly average surface atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, 1958–2015. Scripps seasonally corrected trendNOAA average seasonally corrected trendNOAA/ESRL monthly average 1958...

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Figure ANT12 Total number of southern elephant seal adult cows at Macquarie Island, 1988–2014

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
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Number of southern elephant seal adult cows, Macquarie Island, 1988–2014 Number of southern elephant seal adult cows, Macquarie Island, 1988–2014 Number of elephant seals 198823111 198923467 199022337 199121218 199221086 199320614 199419893...

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Figure ANT13 Participation in the Australian Antarctic Program, 1987–88 to 2014–15

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
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Participation in the Australian Antarctic Program, 1987–88 to 2014–15 Participation in the Australian Antarctic Program, 1987–88 to 2014–15 Total expeditioner years 1987203 1988194 1989181 1990197 1991211 1992202 1993201 1994181 1995198...

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Figure ANT14 Average annual biological oxygen demand for Mawson and Casey stations, 2003–15

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
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Annual average biological oxygen demand for Mawson and Casey stations, 2003–2015 Annual average biological oxygen demand for Mawson and Casey stations, 2003–2015 MawsonCasey 200338.6 20044092.2 200516.530.9 200612.441.7 200722.852.9 200817.628.8...

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Figure ANT15 Average annual suspended solids in the effluent of Mawson and Casey stations, 2003–15

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Graph

Annual average suspended solids in the effluent of Mawson and Casey stations, 2003–2015 Annual average suspended solids in the effluent of Mawson and Casey stations, 2003–2015 MawsonCasey 200325.5 200420.3108.9 200511.820.2 20066.821.7 20071424.6...

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Figure ANT16 Mass of waste disposed of by the Australian Antarctic Program, 1999–2000 to 2014–15

2016
Antarctic environment
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Mass of waste disposed of by the Australian Antarctic Program, 1999–2000 to 2014–15 Mass of waste disposed of by the Australian Antarctic Program, 1999–2000 to 2014–15 Total waste returnedTotal waste incinerated 199928.386 2000212.24340.365 2001359.54242....

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Figure ANT17 Annual fuel use (total diesel and petrol) on Australian Antarctic stations by generators, boilers, vehicles and incinerators, 1997–2015

2016
Antarctic environment
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Graph

Annual vehicle fuel use (total diesel and petrol) for Australia's Antarctic stations, 1997–2015 Annual vehicle fuel use (total diesel and petrol) for Australia's Antarctic stations, 1997–2015 Generators and boilersIncineratorsVehicles 19970.0595780....

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