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Climate and system variability
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Acronyms and abbreviations 2016
2016 At a glanceAcronym or abbreviation Definition 4WD four-wheel drive ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 GDP gross domestic product GPS global positioning system ICOLLs intermittently closed...
Introduction 2016
2016 At a glanceAustralia has always been a land of extremes. In a single year, we can experience heatwaves, floods, fires, cyclones and drought. Australia’s highly variable climate is influenced year to year by large-scale drivers in the atmosphere and ocean, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO...
Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAn understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to occur. Our climate is a dynamic system; therefore, the risks need to be re-evaluated frequently. Recent climate change projections for...
Atmosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef Greater Sydney Indian Ocean Airborne emissions Australia’s...
Figure COA6 Sea level trends from satellite altimeters (colour contours) and tide gauges (coloured dots), January 1993 to December 2010. Upper figure shows trends before removal of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signal and lower figure sho...
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: CSIRO, updated based on White et al. (2014) Figure COA6 Sea level trends from satellite altimeters (colour contours) and tide gauges (coloured dots), January 1993 to December 2010. Land–water interface
Marine environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content... and subdecadal variability for a detailed description of ENSO). Variation in ocean temperatures and circulation associated with the La ...
Temperature
2016 Report Content2016 Climate State and trends Australia’s climate has warmed since national temperature records began in 1910, with mean surface air temperature showing around a 1 °C warming since then (Figure ATM18). Concurrent with...
Climate change
2016 Report Content... superimposed on natural climate variations—in particular, ENSO and decadal variability ( Holbrook et al. 2012 )—pose key risks ...
Box ANT5 Antarctic sea ice extent, 2012–15
2016 Case Study... average waters westwards. El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events influence large-scale variability in atmospheric patterns at polar ... ). Because 2012–14 was not significantly influenced by the ENSO, more localised (high-latitude) processes tended to dominate the growth ...
Marine regions
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Pressures affecting the marine environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryMarine environment Pressures Additional pressuresDumped wastesToxins, pesticides and herbicidesMarine debrisAnthropogenic noiseMarine vessel activityMarine renewable energy generationMarine mining and industryMarine oil and gas...
The physical environment: The cryosphere
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...
Biodiversity: Ecological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...
The 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 Southern Ocean
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean is changing in ways that are likely to affect regional and global climate, and marine productivity (...
Coastal waters
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
2 Drivers | References
2011 Report Content...
Cai W, van Rensch P, Cowan T, Sullivan A. Asymmetry in ENSO teleconnection with regional rainfall, its multidecadal variability, and ...
The physical environment
2011 Report Content2011 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage,...
4 Inland water | References
2011 Report Content...
Cai W, van Rensch P, Cowan T, Sullivan A. Asymmetry in ENSO teleconnection with regional rainfall, its multidecadal variability, and ...
Acronyms and abbreviations 2016
At a glanceAFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority CMR Commonwealth marine reserve CO2 carbon dioxide EAC East Australian Current EEZ exclusive economic zone ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EPBC Act Environmental Protection and Biodiversity...
