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Coastal waters
2016 Report Content... 2006 ). They are required by algae for photosynthesis at the bottom of food webs, are transferred up the food chain by higher-order ... 2009–2012
,technical report, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Tasmania. Mayer-Pinto M, Johnston EL, Hutchings PA, ...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content... trends is the behaviour of ice sheets, particularly the Antarctic ice sheet. There is also uncertainty about the sensitivity of the ... In addition to sediment input, increased resuspension of bottom sediments can have significant ecological impacts ( Knott et al. 2009 ...
Antarctic governance
2016 Report Content The Antarctic Treaty and a set of related international agreements, known collectively as the Antarctic Treaty System, provide the framework for governance of the Antarctic ... by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Australia works closely with fellow Antarctic Treaty ...
Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
At a glance
As for other regions, distant human activities can contribute to the key risks to the Antarctic environment, including global population, economic pressures and the ... Ocean, the process of overturning circulation (where deep water upwells and releases CO 2 to the atmosphere) is particularly important. ...
Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
At a glance
Currently, the Antarctic environment is still in a comparatively good condition. However, the ... of the Southern Ocean and freshening of at least its upper water masses warming of the Antarctic surface strengthening of the Southern ...
Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage
2016 Report Content... later and considered a valuable part of Australia’s Antarctic heritage.
Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage
Pressures on ... the natural elements—wind, weather, frost, ice and melt water—threaten the integrity of the buildings and structures. Corrosion, ...
State and trends of contaminated Antarctic sites
2016, 2011 Assessment summary State and trends of contaminated Antarctic sites
State and trends of contaminated Antarctic sites
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: ... the remediation of heavy metal and hydrocarbon contaminated water: a field assessment at Casey Station, Antarctica. Chemosphere, 368-375. ...
State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates
2016, 2011 Assessment summary State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates
State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates
The living environment: Vertebrate ... Service, Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Hobart.
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For many species, population data ...
Pressures affecting the Antarctic terrestrial environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summary Pressures affecting the Antarctic terrestrial environment
Pressures affecting the Antarctic terrestrial environment
Pressures on the terrestrial environment ... moss beds appear to have contracted to areas with reliable water supply Year(s): 2016 2 Unclear Confidence (in grade): Adequate ...
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators
2016 Report Content... are no truly permanent human populations.
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators
Australian ... a variety of wastes, including liquid waste (human waste, water from kitchens and bathrooms, and from operational activities in ...
Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems are changing, especially where snowfall is replaced by rain
2016 Key Finding Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems are changing, especially where snowfall is ... A warmer climate and increased availability of liquid water enable the populations of some species to expand and non-native species ...
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollution
2016 Report Content... are no truly permanent human populations.
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollution
... mobilised during the summer months when there is increased water flow through areas from the snowmelt. The largest ongoing risk and source ...
Box ANT5 Antarctic sea ice extent, 2012–15
2016 Case Study In 2012, 2013 and 2014, the overall Antarctic sea ice extent reached well above the long-term average (since 1979 ... complexity of sea ice formation and decay. In 2012, the net Antarctic sea ice extent remained close to, or slightly above, average for much ... this cold SST anomaly tongue turned eastwards in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and wrapped around the northern edge of the sea ...
Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content... ) is found here, and 70 per cent of all available fresh water is locked up in the Antarctic ice sheet. If melted, this would raise sea levels by 58 metres ( ... dense to sink to the deep ocean and form Antarctic bottom water. This dense bottom water sinks and spreads northwards to supply ...
Water quality
2016 Report Content Water quality in SoE 2011 was assessed as a significant one-off activity, involving collection, collation, analysis and assessment of water quality data from thousands of sites across Australia. A comprehensive report considered water quality at the river-region scale, and information was aggregated to the ...
Effectiveness of Antarctic management 2016
2016 At a glance Effectiveness of Antarctic management 2016
At a glance
Antarctica is governed through the international agreements of the Antarctic Treaty System, including the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine ...
Australian Antarctic Territory
2016 Report Content... (excluding offshore islands).
Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian Antarctic Territory
Antarctica The AAT ( Figure ANT1 ) comprises an area of ...
Approach - Antarctic environment 2016
2016 Report Content... limited data are available to assess many aspects of the Antarctic environment. This is largely a consequence of the remoteness and ... data suitable for census studies of species, such as Antarctic krill and fish, are only available for recent decades. For many other ...
Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment
2016 Report Content Natural disturbances are part of life in Antarctic ecosystems, and the native species can generally survive shock events ... after mass mortalities.
Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment
Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment
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Executive Summary - Antarctic environment
2016 Executive Summary Executive Summary - Antarctic environment
This report mainly focuses on the environment of areas administered by Australia (the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands), ... and the Southern Ocean adjacent to these areas. The Antarctic region is managed cooperatively through the international agreements ...
Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016
At a glance
Although organisms living in ... and to predict how future climate change will affect Antarctic ecosystems. This is largely because our understanding of key ... and living environments of Antarctica is climate change. The Antarctic and Southern Ocean physical environments are key components of the ...
Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries
2016, 2011 Assessment summary Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries
Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries
Pressures on the marine environment Currently, krill ... C, Siegel V & Tarling G (2012). Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
, 458:1-19. Hill et al. ...
State and trends of the Antarctic cryosphere
2016, 2011 Assessment summary State and trends of the Antarctic cryosphere
State and trends of the Antarctic cryosphere
The physical environment: The cryosphere From November 1978 to December 2012 across the Antarctic, overall, a 1.5 ± 0.3% increase per decade is seen, but there are ...
State and trends of the Antarctic atmosphere
2016, 2011 Assessment summary State and trends of the Antarctic atmosphere
State and trends of the Antarctic atmosphere
The physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and ... since 1957, with the most marked warming occurring in the Antarctic Peninsula region and West Antarctica Year(s): 2016 2 Deteriorating ...
Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management
2016, 2011 Assessment summary Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management
Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management
Management achievements Management processes Governance
Understanding
: Nomination of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs) under the Antarctic Treaty, and ...
State and trends of the Southern Ocean
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... S & Johnson GC (2012). Multi-decadal warming and shoaling of Antarctic intermediate water. Journal of Climate 25(1):201–221.
Comments ... kilometre of the water column and densest part of Antarctic bottom water in the Weddell Sea warmed by 0.2°C at 700-1000 metres between ...
Governance
2016 Report Content The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the Antarctic region. Australia’s engagement with the international forums of the Antarctic Treaty System supports Australia’s objectives of protection and ...
Executive Summary - Inland water
2016 Executive Summary Executive Summary - Inland water
Australia’s inland waters, both above and below the ground, are of ... values and the contribution they make in providing water to our communities and industries, and connecting our land, atmosphere, ... of major control structures), which are less affected by water management infrastructure, and the managed areas, where water policy and ...
Australia’s water use
2016 Report Content... widely from year to year and place to place, and we have a water management infrastructure with an accessible capacity of more than 80,000 GL to assist in redistributing water across time and space. States and territories have a strong and direct ...
Water resource development
2016 Report Content After a few years of moderate change in urban water demand, recent years (2013–14) have seen an increase in water demand from larger urban water-consuming areas across Australia. National ...
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