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Australia’s marine environment is influenced by the cycles of several natural climate phenomena, including the El  Niño–Southern Oscillation, the Indian Ocean Dipole and the Southern Annular Mode

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding
... cycles of several natural climate phenomena, including the El  Niño–Southern Oscillation, the Indian Ocean Dipole and the Southern Annular ...
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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
Coasts
Pressures
Map
... 2010. Upper figure shows trends before removal of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signal and lower figure sho... A map of ...
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Climate extremes have resulted in widespread coral bleaching, habitat destruction and species mortalities in the past 5 years

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding
... the Great Barrier Reef in 2011. In 2015–16, the strongest El Niño event since 1998, superimposed on overall increasing water temperatures, ...
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Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

2016
Coasts
At a glance
... Acronym or abbreviation Definition 4WD four-wheel drive ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EPBC Act Environment Protection and ...
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State and trends of Australia’s climate 2016

2016
Climate
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Atmosphere
State and trends
At a glance
... of south-eastern and south-western Australia. The strong El Niño event of 2015–16 further reinforced these dry conditions across large ...
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Introduction 2016

2016
Climate
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Atmosphere
Introduction
At a glance
... large-scale drivers in the atmosphere and ocean, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This variability is now occurring against ...
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Atmosphere

2016
Coasts
Pressures
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... probability of wetter conditions in eastern Australia) to El Niño (periodic warming of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean associated ...
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Climate and system variability

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
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... ( Pearce et al. 2011 , Pearce & Feng 2013 ). The strongest El Niño phase of ENSO since 1998 occurred in 2015–16. Similarly to the Western ...
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Climate: 2011–16 in context

2016
Climate
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Atmosphere
Introduction
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... northern New South Wales and western Victoria. The 2015 El Niño was associated with below average rainfall across large areas of eastern ...
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Outlook for inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Outlook
At a glance
... from government at all levels. In early 2016, the 2015–16 El Niño event continued a slow and steady decline, after being one of the ...
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Effects of increased greenhouse gases

2016
Climate
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Atmosphere
Pressures
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... trends ( Stocker et al. 2013a ). The year 1998 was a strong El Niño year with, at that time, record high global average temperatures ...
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Marine environment: 2011–16 in context

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
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...   Niña events on record, in 2010–12, and the strongest El   Niño event since 1998, in 2015–16 (see Interannual and subdecadal ...
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Risks to Australia’s climate 2016

2016
Climate
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Atmosphere
Risks
At a glance
...  al. 2015 ) may have played a role in the moderation of the El Niño drying in some parts of Australia in 2015. Furthermore, the nature of ...
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Rainfall

2016
Climate
,
Atmosphere
State and trends
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... ( Figure ATM21 ). The opposite ENSO phase to La Niña, El Niño, occurred in 2015 and is associated with below average rainfall across ...
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Antarctic environment: 2011–16 in context

2016
Antarctic environment
Introduction
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... system—most notably the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal ... climate system—most notably the Southern Annular Mode, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation—influence ...
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Overview of state and trends of the marine environment

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
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... widespread direct damage to the reef, and the 2015–16 El Niño event, superimposed on overall increasing water temperatures, generated ...
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Figure COA12 Map of the estuaries studied and their trends in water colour change, 1987–2015

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Map
... each ratio are in grey. Source: AB Bugnot, M Lyons, G Clark, EL Johnston (University of New South Wales); S Fyfe, A Lewis (Geoscience ...
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Marine regions

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
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... and high interannual variability associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) ( McPhaden & Picault 1990 ). Although ...
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Box ANT5 Antarctic sea ice extent, 2012–15

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Case Study
... in June. This coincided with the development of a strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which transported warmer than ...
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Effectiveness of marine management

2016, 2011
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary
... AJ, Lough JM, McGregor S, Power SB & Risbey JS (2012). El Niño–Southern Oscillation. In: Poloczanska ES, Hobday AJ & Richardson AJ ...
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Temperature

2016
Climate
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Atmosphere
State and trends
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... drivers in the Indian and Pacific oceans, such as ENSO (with El Niño and La Niña phases), affect our climate on a range of timescales. Warm ...
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Pressures affecting the marine environment

2016, 2011
Marine environment
Pressures
Assessment summary
... & Chiodi AM (2015). Multi-decadal variability and trends in El Niño–Southern Oscillation and tropical Pacific fisheries ...       Lough 1994 Lough JM (1994). Climate variation and El Niño–Southern Oscillation events on the Great Barrier Reef: 1958 to ...
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Climate change

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
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... AJ, Lough JM, McGregor S, Power SB & Risbey JS (2012). El Niño–Southern Oscillation. In: Poloczanska ES, Hobday AJ & Richardson AJ ...
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State and trends in indicators of marine ecosystem health

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary
... North West Cape, Western Australia: links to the 1997-1998 El Niño event. Continental Shelf Research , 27:958-980. Furnas & Carpenter ...
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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
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... with the frequency of marine heatwaves. In the short term, El Niño may reduce sea temperature increases for the south-west of Australia, ...
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Coastal and marine species and ecosystems

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
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... on some mid-latitude to high-latitude reefs. The strong El Niño event in 2016 increased water temperature, and caused coral bleaching on ...
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The physical environment: The cryosphere

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
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... in June. This coincided with the development of a strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which transported warmer than ...
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State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
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... water temperatures (see Ocean temperature ) and an extreme El Niño event ( Figure MAR26 ). Consequently, the overall condition of habitats ...
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Biodiversity: Threatened species

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content
... Beeton RJS, Buxton CD, Cutbush GC, Fairweather PG, Johnston EL & Ryan R (2012).  Report of the Independent Scientific Audit of Marine ... and Ecology  400(1–2):17–32. Mayer-Pinto M, Johnston EL, Hutchings PA, Marzinelli EM, Ahyong ST, Birch G, Booth DJ, Creese RG, ...
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State and trends of habitats and communities

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary
... et al. 2011 McKinley AC, Miskiewicz A, Taylor MD & Johnston EL (2011). Strong links between metal contamination, habitat modification and ... drives plankton community composition changes: an El Niño to La Niña transition around Australia. Journal of Plankton ...
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