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State and trends of the Southern Ocean
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment State and trends The physical environment: The Southern Ocean Antarctica...
Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report ContentPressures on the marine environment
2016 Report ContentThe physical environment: The Southern Ocean
2016 Report ContentThe living environment: Marine and terrestrial
2016 Report ContentThe physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and weather patterns
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage, the...
The physical environment: The cryosphere
2016 Report ContentThe living environment: Vertebrate populations
2016 Report ContentGovernance
2016 Report ContentEcosystem restoration
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Outlook Tasmania Marine ecosystems and their attributes, including species composition, ecosystem functions and resilience, are constantly changing. These changes can be...
Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceCurrently, the Antarctic environment is still in a comparatively good condition. However, the pressures on the continent and the surrounding ocean will increase. For example, the extraction of marine resources is not only going to continue but will intensify in the future. Most...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf Greater Adelaide Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne...
State and trends of contaminated Antarctic sites
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment State and trends Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollutionAustralian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators Antarctica...
Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAs for other regions, distant human activities can contribute to the key risks to the Antarctic environment, including global population, economic pressures and the effects of climate change. Management can mitigate many of the population and economic impacts, and climate change...
Antarctic governance
2016 Report ContentAustralian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Although human activity across Antarctica has increased during recent decades, it remains much lower than for all other continents. Human...
Pressures affecting Antarctic historic heritage
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage Antarctica Year...
Jurisdictions covered
2016 Report ContentState and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities
2016 Report ContentAustralian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollution
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Contaminated sites and pollution Contaminated waste disposal is a product of past practices of Antarctic expeditions, and is referred to...
The natural environment
2016 Report ContentBox ANT8 Remediation and re-use of soil from a fuel spill near Lake Dingle, Vestfold Hills
2016 Case StudyPressures affecting the Antarctic terrestrial environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the terrestrial environment Antarctica Year...
Box ANT6 Rapid collapse of an alpine ecosystem through dieback
2016 Case StudyMarine regions
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment State and trends The living environment: Vertebrate populations Antarctica...
Box ANT7 Development of a new wastewater treatment facility at Australia’s Davis Station
2016 Case StudyPressures on Antarctic historic heritage
2016 Report ContentGenerally, marine habitats and communities in the Temperate East Marine Region and the South-east Marine Region have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other regions.
2016 Key Finding2016Generally, marine habitats and communities in the Temperate East Marine Region and the South-east Marine Region have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other regions.
Coastal waters
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...