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Climate change
2016 , Report Content Climate change may also have a significant effect on air pollution. Warming and drying of the climate is projected to lead to an increase in extreme fire-danger days in ...
Climate change
2016 Report Content Updated projections of climate change in Australia were released in 2015, and are explored in the Drivers and ... Water Futures Assessment (NAWFA) included risks arising from climate change and development ( Close et al. 2012 ). The NAWFA was completed ...
Climate change
2016 Report Content Climate change is already affecting Australia’s heritage ( ANU 2009 , Australia ICOMOS 2011 ). Australia’s climate has warmed significantly, rainfall regimes have altered, and extreme ...
Climate change
2016 , Report Content Climate change poses a threat to urban air quality and health through increases in ... with large-scale changes in atmospheric circulation.
Climate change
Climate change
Climate change poses a threat to urban air ...
Climate change
2016 Report Content... warming and ocean acidification, superimposed on natural climate variations—in particular, ENSO and decadal variability ( Holbrook ... ). Changes in the marine environment associated with climate change provide a progressively changing baseline on top of which natural ...
Global climate change and climate variability
2016 Report Content... and territory SoE reports note the adverse effects of global climate change on biodiversity. These increasingly include extreme weather, as well as ...
Climate change–induced pressures
2016 Report Content Our climate is changing. Climate records, such as for rainfall and temperature, continue to be ... BoM 2012a , b , 2013a , b , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 ).
Climate change–induced pressures
Climate change–induced pressures
South East ...
Effectiveness of climate change management
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary Effectiveness of climate change management
Effectiveness of climate change management
Planning and strategy Management outputs and ...
Emissions continue to contribute to climate change
2016 Key Finding Emissions continue to contribute to climate change
Australia’s emissions of CO 2 per person in 2013 were nearly ...
Climate change is the most serious threat to land management
2016 Key Finding Climate change is the most serious threat to land management
The many consequences of climate change, from changing species distributions to shorter agricultural ...
Climate change will affect Australian regions differently
2016 Key Finding Climate change will affect Australian regions differently
Climate change will result in location-specific vulnerabilities. Australia is ...
Climate change pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summary Climate change pressures affecting the land environment
Climate change pressures affecting the land environment
Climate ...
Population and climate change are the biggest pressures on air quality
2016 Key Finding Population and climate change are the biggest pressures on air quality
The population of ... will increase. This will increase air pollution. Climate change also plays a role in air pollution. The increasing prevalence of ...
Climate change is a key pressure on the Australian environment
2016 Report Content Climate change is an increasingly important and pervasive pressure on all aspects of the Australian environment. Although our climate and its high natural variability from year to year have always been a ...
Resistance to change
2016 Report Content... habitats, species and processes, strong resistance to change is often related to high biodiversity and healthy ecosystem function. ... if an organism is in good health. Box COA12 Engineering climate-proof oyster reefs The eastern seaboard of Australia is experiencing ...
Changed hydrology
2016 Report Content... have varied considerably since 2011, largely in response to climate. Changes to flows and water levels are described in detail in the ... Australia are under considerable pressure from climate change , as well as pressures associated with a growing population, including ...
The Antarctic environment is showing clear signs of impact from climate change.
2016 Key Finding... Antarctic environment is showing clear signs of impact from climate change.
The Antarctic environment is showing clear signs of impact from ...
Figure ATM17 Summary of climate change projection scenarios for Australia
2016 , Map Figure ATM17 Summary of climate change projection scenarios for Australia
An image of Australia overlain with eight climate change projection scenarios, described in the main text. Download as ...
Climate change is an increasingly important and pervasive pressure on all aspects of the Australian environment...
2016 Key Finding Climate change is an increasingly important and pervasive pressure on all aspects of the Australian environment...
Climate change is an increasingly important and pervasive pressure on all ...
The nature of impacts of climate change on biodiversity is becoming better understood
2016 Key Finding The nature of impacts of climate change on biodiversity is becoming better understood
Broad understanding of potential impacts of climate change on some Australian species (e.g. birds) has increased. In the ...
Box BIO16 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
2016 Case Study The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was established in 2008 with a ... knowledge needed by decision-makers to adapt effectively to climate change . During its first phase of operation, NCCARF managed a research ...
The main pressures affecting the Australian environment today are the same as in 2011: climate change...
2016 Key Finding... the Australian environment today are the same as in 2011: climate change...
The main pressures affecting the Australian environment today are ...
Climate change brings particular challenges for our built environments
2016 Key Finding Climate change brings particular challenges for our built environments
In recent ...
Resilience of Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance Resilience of Australia’s climate 2016
At a glance
Our planet is somewhat resilient to increasing ... concentrations, surface air temperature and sea level change exhibit a substantial timelag relative to atmospheric CO 2 —in models, ... must be considered together. Resilience of a society to climate change is dependent on the sensitivity of the society to change and its ...
Outlook for Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance Outlook for Australia’s climate 2016
At a glance
The outlook for Australia’s climate depends on the effectiveness of international and national efforts to ... efforts will minimise the extent of future climate change and prevent catastrophic climate change tipping points, but will not ...
Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
At a glance
An understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to ... the risks need to be re-evaluated frequently. Recent climate change projections for Australia from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Climate: 2011–16 in context
2016 , Report Content As reported in SoE 2011, climate change continues to be a global problem. A major development since the 2011 ... to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. International climate science has also advanced significantly. The Intergovernmental Panel on ...
Resilience of our climate
2016 , Report Content The ability of the climate system to recover from changes to the composition of the atmosphere ... years ( Zeebe & Zachos 2013 ).
Resilience of our climate
Resilience of our climate
The ability of the climate system to ... et al. (2013) investigated the extent to which climate change is reversible on human timescales. Using idealised scenarios and 4 ...
Climate and system variability
2016 Report Content... et al. 2012 , Ceccarelli et al. 2013 ).
Climate and system variability
Climate and system variability
Marine ... , Heithaus 2001 , Gill 2002 , Patterson et al. 2008 ). Any change in the duration or intensity of seasonal cycles on timescales shorter ...
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary Pressures affecting Australia’s climate
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate
Direct (primary) effects of pressures on climate Trends in emissions ... AN, MacCracken S, Mastrandrea PR & White LL (eds), Climate change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, part B, Regional aspects, ...
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