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Resilience of our climate

2016
Climate
,
Atmosphere
Resilience
Report Content
... 66 million years) was 0.6–1.1 billion tonnes (petagrams; Pg) of carbon per year (Pg C/y), which is 10 times lower than the current rate (10 Pg C/y). The PETM ...
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Soil: Carbon dynamics

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content
... in terrestrial vegetation (550 ± 100 petagrams— Pg ; 1  Pg is 1 billion tonnes) is of a similar order to that in the atmosphere (800  ...
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Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Risks
At a glance
... 16:424–427. Hester KC, Peltzer ET, Kirkwood WJ & Brewer PG (2008). Unanticipated consequences of ocean acidification: a noisier ocean ... of America 107:12930–12934. Ilyina T, Zeebe RE & Brewer PG (2009). Future ocean increasingly transparent to low-frequency sound owing ...
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Landscape and soil

2016
Land
Resilience
Report Content
... A, Fitzgerald A, Meintjes T, Mele PM, Reith F, Dennis PG, Breed MF, Brown B, Brown MV, Brugger J, Byrne M, Caddy-Retalic S, ...
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Marine debris

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content
... Carson HS, Thiel M, Moore CJ, Borerro JC, Galgani F, Ryan PG & Reisser J (2014). Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans: more than 5 ... Lavers JL, Lazar B, Lebreton L, Nichols WJ, Ribic CA, Ryan PG, Schuyler QA, Smith SDA, Takada H, Townsend KA, Wabnitz CCC, Wilcox C, Young ...
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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content
... Morin L, Aveyard R, Lidbetter JR & Wilson PG (2012). Investigating the host-range of the rust fungus Puccinia ...
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Overview of state and trends of coasts

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content
... Lavers JL, Lazar B, Lebreton L, Nichols WJ, Ribic CA, Ryan PG, Schuyler QA, Smith SDA, Takada H, Townsend KA, Wabnitz CCC, Wilcox C, Young ...
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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 ... doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143309. Falkowski PG, Fenchel T & Delong EF (2008). The microbial engines that drive Earth’s ... doi:10.1126/science.1257594 . Falkowski PG, Barber RT & Smetacek V (1998). Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ...
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Biodiversity: Ecological processes

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 ... doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143309. Falkowski PG, Fenchel T & Delong EF (2008). The microbial engines that drive Earth’s ... doi:10.1126/science.1257594 . Falkowski PG, Barber RT & Smetacek V (1998). Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ...
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Biodiversity: Habitat-forming 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 ... doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143309. Falkowski PG, Fenchel T & Delong EF (2008). The microbial engines that drive Earth’s ... doi:10.1126/science.1257594 . Falkowski PG, Barber RT & Smetacek V (1998). Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ...
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Terrestrial ecosystems and communities

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content
... Comín FA, Essl F, Faber-Langendoen D, Fairweather PG, Holdaway RJ, Jennings M, Kingsford RT, Lester RE, Nally RM, McCarthy MA, ...
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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content
... Morin L, Aveyard R, Lidbetter JR & Wilson PG (2012). Investigating the host-range of the rust fungus Puccinia ...
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Coastal waterways

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content
... Kingsford RT, Walker KF, Lester RE, Young WJ, Fairweather PG, Sammut J & Geddes MC (2011). A Ramsar wetland in crisis—the Coorong, ...
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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content
... Morin L, Aveyard R, Lidbetter JR & Wilson PG (2012). Investigating the host-range of the rust fungus Puccinia ...
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Biodiversity: Species groups

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 ... doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143309. Falkowski PG, Fenchel T & Delong EF (2008). The microbial engines that drive Earth’s ... doi:10.1126/science.1257594 . Falkowski PG, Barber RT & Smetacek V (1998). Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ...
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State and trends of species and taxa groups

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary
... Lavers JL, Lazar B, Lebreton L, Nichols WJ, Ribic CA, Ryan PG, Schuyler QA, Smith SDA, Takada H, Townsend KA, Wabnitz CCC, Wilcox C, Young ...
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Increases in greenhouse gases

2016
Climate
,
Atmosphere
Pressures
Report Content
... RF, Krummel PB, Steele LP, Fraser PJ, Young D & Simmonds PG (2014). Recent and future trends in synthetic greenhouse gas radiative ...
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Pressures affecting the marine environment

2016, 2011
Marine environment
Pressures
Assessment summary
... Carson HS, Thiel M, Moore CJ, Borerro JC, Galgani F, Ryan PG & Reisser J (2014). Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans: more than 5 ...
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Climate change

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content
... of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119:4351–4366. Falkowski PG, Barber RT & Smetacek V (1998). Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ...
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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content
... Lavers JL, Lazar B, Lebreton L, Nichols WJ, Ribic CA, Ryan PG, Schuyler QA, Smith SDA, Takada H, Townsend KA, Wabnitz CCC, Wilcox C, Young ...
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Soil

2011
Land
State and trends
Report Content
... vegetation (550±100 petagrams [1 billion tonnes]—Pg) is of a similar order to that in the atmosphere (800 Pg). However, the organic matter in soils is two to three times this amount. ...
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7 Antarctic environment | References

2011
Antarctic environment
Report Content
... 2009;22:128-45. 28 Pearce I, Davidson AT, Thomson PG, Wright S, van den Enden R. Marine microbial ecology off East Antarctica ...   229 Hester KC, Peltzer ET, Kirkwood WJ, Brewer PG. Unanticipated consequences of ocean acidification: a noisier ocean at lower ...
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Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

At a glance
... Infrastructure Strategy NRM natural resource management Pg petagram SOC soil organic carbon SoE state of the environment ...
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