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Anthropogenic noise
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North...
Air pollution can be natural or anthropogenic
2016 Key Finding2016 Sources of air pollution include industrial emissions; vehicle and road traffic emissions; dust; and smoke from domestic wood heaters, prescribed burning and bushfires.
Australia’s heritage remains vulnerable to both natural and anthropogenic threats
2016 Key Finding2016Climate change poses a major challenge for heritage owners and managers, and has the potential for high-impact and irreversible damage in the absence of remedial action. Natural areas continue to be affected by invasive species, loss of habitat and altered fire regimes. Economic growth...
Pollution sources
2016 Report Content Pollution sources are often characterised as anthropogenic (i.e. human-made), biogenic (i.e. natural and living) or ... nonliving). For air quality, most of the concern is about anthropogenic emissions, because natural sources are generally not able to be ...
Figure ATM30 Proportion of annual anthropogenic emissions by source type in the Sydney region
2016 GraphProportion of annual anthropogenic emissions in the Sydney region, by source Proportion of annual anthropogenic emissions in the Sydney region, by source Domestic-commercialCommercialIndustrialOff-road mobileOn-road mobile Particulate matter (less than 2.5...
Some pressures are increasing, with uncertain impacts on the marine environment
2016 Key Finding2016Since 2011, there has been an increase in most forms of vessel activity in marine waters. As a result, risks associated with grounding of vessels, anchor scouring, accidents at sea in ecologically sensitive areas, vessel strike of marine animals, and introduction of foreign marine...
Ecosystem 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 Australia’s climate 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe outlook for Australia’s climate depends on the effectiveness of international and national efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Without mitigation, surface temperature increases of 3.7–4.8 °C above 1850–1900 temperatures are projected. To remain below 2 °C warming above...
The oceans have somewhat mitigated the effects of emissions
2016 Key Finding2016 The oceans absorb CO2 and heat, and thus limit the rate and immediate extent of changes in climate. In recent decades, the oceans have taken up around 25 per cent of the annual anthropogenic (human) CO2 emissions. However, the capacity of the oceans to absorb CO2 is limited, because...
Figure MAR18 (a) Transect lines for 2D and 3D seismic surveys, 1961–2012; total metres per square kilometre surveyed for (b) 2D and (c) 3D surveys conducted in Australian marine waters, 2001–2012
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: (a) Data from Geoscience Australia; (b and c) National Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub Figure MAR18 (a) Transect lines for 2D and 3D seismic surveys, 1961–2012; total metres per square...
Figure MAR20 Spectrogram showing the main contributors to the marine soundscape in the Perth Canyon
2016 GraphFigure MAR20 Spectrogram showing the main contributors to the marine soundscape in the Perth Canyon An image of the sound spectrum from 5 to 2000 hertz for September 2012, showing the alterations in decibels, on a scale of 50 to 110, caused by the main contributors to the marine...
Resilience of our climate
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Resilience The ability of the climate system to recover from changes to the composition of the atmosphere (particularly increasing CO2 concentrations) is complicated by the fact that the removal of CO2...
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...
Figure ATM3 Radiative forcing in 2011 relative to 1750, and aggregated uncertainties for the main drivers of climate change
2016 GraphRadiative forcing for the main drivers of climate change, and total radiative forcing in 2011 relative to 1750 Radiative forcing for the main drivers of climate change, and total radiative forcing in 2011 relative to 1750 Radiative forcingaerosols positive upper...
Effects of increased greenhouse gases
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Pressures The growing concentrations of human-generated GHGs have resulted in an increased absorption, largely in the lower atmosphere, of the heat radiated from Earth’s surface, causing an increase in the...
Introduction 2016
2016 At a glanceThe capricious nature of our nation’s water resources was evident during 2011–16, with: record rainfall and record dryness at local, regional and state scales extended and extensive flooding national water storage levels varying from above 80 per cent to below 50 per cent groundwater...
Increasing population
2016 Report Content... This urban spread is increasing the spatial extent of anthropogenic emissions, to occupy a larger portion of the airshed (a region ...
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...
Overview of state and trends of coasts
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast North East Coast East Coast What has changed since 2011?...
Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceA challenge in assessing resilience of inland water environments is recognising resilience when it occurs, especially because Australian ecosystems have developed to be both resistant and resilient. We can contribute to resilience by reducing extreme and detrimental ecosystem...
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...
Marine oil and gas exploration and production
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Marine North Marine North West Marine South...
Residual risks to the marine environment
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAvoidance and mitigation measures, which are the primary strategies for managing impacts of activities on the marine environment, may not address all impacts associated with the activities. Management may be absent or only partially effective, there may be some impacts that are...
Effectiveness of marine management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe diversity of anthropogenic pressures on marine habitats and communities by different industries and sectors is a challenge for managers. Some pressures are increasing, others have declined following implementation of management frameworks, and new pressures and new sectors are...
Biodiversity: Ecological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...
Overview of resilience of the atmosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Atmosphere Resilience Climate The Atmosphere report considers both the resilience of the climate system itself and the resilience of our society to climate change. Our planet is somewhat resilient to increasing...
Executive Summary - Antarctic environment
2016 Executive SummaryAntarctic environment 2016This report mainly focuses on the environment of areas administered by Australia (the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands), subantarctic Macquarie Island (which is part of Tasmania)...
Approach - Atmosphere 2016
2016 Report Content... by the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere from anthropogenic (human) activities and natural processes. The state and trends of ...
Motor vehicles
2016 Report Content Motor vehicles are a significant source of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in Australia, comprising some ...
Figure MAR19 Number of 2D and 3D seismic surveys in each marine region, 1960–2010
2016 GraphNumber of 2D and 3D seismic surveys in each Marine Region, 1960–2010 Number of 2D and 3D seismic surveys in each Marine Region, 1960–2010 East 2D3D 19600 19610 19620 19630 19642 19654 19661 19672 19680 19692 19704 19711 19720 19730...
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