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Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content... ( Fretwell et al. 2013 , Vaughan et al. 2013 ).
Global importance of Antarctica
Global importance of Antarctica
Marine ... recently, the western Antarctic Peninsula region had been warming 2 to 3 times faster than the global average ( Turner et al. 2014 ); ...
Antarctica is warming, although changes in atmospheric circulation brought about by the Antarctic ozone hole have been a temporary mitigating factor that has reduced the overall amount of warming, primarily in summer
2016 Key Finding Antarctica is warming, although changes in atmospheric circulation brought about by the ... mitigating factor that has reduced the overall amount of warming, primarily in summer
During the past half-century, western Antarctic ... Antarctica. For the remainder of the century, the effects of global climate change because of increased greenhouse gas concentrations are ...
The world is warming
2016 Key Finding The world is warming
The year 2015 was the warmest on record for the globe. The shift ...
Australia is warming
2016 Key Finding Australia is warming
Australian average temperatures have increased by 1 °C in the ...
Box ATM5 Cape Grim: monitoring the health of the global atmosphere for 40 years
2016 , Case Study... (Cape Grim BAPS), established in 1976 to monitor and study global atmospheric composition for trends as a result of human activities and ... the amount of CO 2 that would have the equivalent global warming impact. CO 2 -e, as presented here, has been calculated using all the ...
Global sea levels continue to rise, although patterns of sea level change across the Southern Ocean are variable because of regional differences in heat uptake and transport. The Southern Ocean continues to become warmer
2016 Key Finding Global sea levels continue to rise, although patterns of sea level change ... The Southern Ocean continues to become warmer
Global sea levels are rising, but regional patterns and rates of change are ... Ocean has warmed by 0.2 °C since the 1950s. This rate of warming is faster than elsewhere in the global ocean. Warmer waters enable ...
Global climate change and climate variability
2016 Report Content... state and territory SoE reports note the adverse effects of global climate change on biodiversity. These increasingly include extreme ... dramatic habitat loss and possibly direct mortality.
Global climate change and climate variability
Global climate change and ...
Figure BIO1 Global biodiversity hotspots and World Heritage Areas in Australia
2016 Map Figure BIO1 Global biodiversity hotspots and World Heritage Areas in Australia
Figure BIO1 Global biodiversity hotspots and World Heritage Areas in Australia Interact ... Department of the Environment and Energy Figure BIO1 Global biodiversity hotspots and natural value World Heritage Areas in ...
Figure MAR9 b Zooplankton abundance (mean ± standard error) off Maria Island for cold-water and warm-water species (right)
2016 GraphZooplankton abundance off Maria Island for cold-water species and warm-water species Zooplankton abundance off Maria Island for cold-water species and warm-water species Acartia danae (warm water) Abundance (University of Tasmania data)Abundance (IMOS data)Error...
Anthropogenic ocean warming and ocean acidification, superimposed on natural climate variations, pose risks to Australia’s marine ecosystems and their habitats, communities and species groups
2016 Key Finding Anthropogenic ocean warming and ocean acidification, superimposed on natural climate variations, ... temperatures are continuing to increase, with surface ocean warming during the 21st century occurring at approximately 7 times the rate ...
Figure ATM24 Global surface air temperature changes, 2071–2100, relative to 1981–2010, using a low-emissions to moderate-emissions scenario
2016 , Map Figure ATM24 Global surface air temperature changes, 2071–2100, relative to 1981–2010, ... with map Download as png Download dataset Figure ATM24 Global surface air temperature changes, 2071–2100, relative to 1981–2010, ...
Figure ANT6 Equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine for the Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes derived from AGAGE global measurements of all major ozone-depleting substances and World Meteorological Organization 2014 scenarios
2016 Graph... and Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes derived from AGAGE global measurements of all major ozone-depleting substances and World ... 2104 1.720900112 2105 1.708947807 AGAGE = Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment; WMO = World Meteorological Organization ...
Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... sea level events. The IPCC updates its assessment of the global climate system every 6 years, based on global monitoring, new research, ... century, Australia’s climate has warmed by 1 °C, and warming is projected to continue through the 21st century (‘virtually ...
Antarctic environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content... 2011, the Antarctic environment has continued to respond to global pressures from human activity. As is the case in other regions of the ... extent compared with elsewhere. Antarctica is generally warming, continuing the trend apparent during the latter half of the 20th ...
Overview of state and trends of the Antarctic environment
2016 Report Content... of the Antarctic environment are changing in response to global pressures of human activity and climate change. These changes are ... increased in the past 6 decades, with periods of significant warming occurring in the Antarctic Peninsula region and West Antarctica ( ...
State and trends of the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance... are changing. The Antarctic surface and lower atmosphere are warming, with the strongest temperature increases in the Antarctic Peninsula ... and West Antarctica. Part of the warming is because of global temperature increases that are accompanying the rise in atmospheric ...
Atmosphere
2016 Report Content... in Australia have risen slightly faster than the global average, and extreme heatwaves are becoming more frequent ( Alexander ... conditions in eastern Australia) to El Niño (periodic warming of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean associated with an increased ...
Pressures affecting the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance... in West Antarctica are possible, with potentially profound global impacts. Globally, extreme weather events such as heatwaves, storm ...
State and trends of the Southern Ocean
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... cycles. The Southern Ocean has warmed in recent decades; warming is strongest in the upper ocean Year(s): 2016 3 Deteriorating ... 2010 Purkey, S. G. and Johnson, G. C. 2010. Warming of global abyssal and deep Southern Ocean waters between the 1990s and 2000s: ...
Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance... To assess the future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, a global perspective is required. Despite Antarctica’s remoteness from centres ... Antarctic changes will include ( Stocker et al. 2013 ): warming of the Southern Ocean and freshening of at least its upper water masses ...
Effects of increased greenhouse gases
2016 , Report Content... radiated from Earth’s surface, causing an increase in the global (land and ocean) mean surface temperature of 0.85 ± 0.20 °C from ... suppressed. The so-called hiatus in global mean surface warming since 1998 was discussed extensively in AR5. Hiatus periods of ...
Effectiveness of management 2016
2016 , At a glance... of management 2016
At a glance
Climate change is a global problem that will require coordinated international action by all ... 2013, confirming that humans have been the dominant cause of warming since the 1950s. A significant amount of Australia’s contribution to ...
Human influences on Antarctica
2016 Report Content... atmospheric CO 2 is also contributing to climate change by warming the lower atmosphere ( Myhre et al. 2013 ). In the Antarctic region, ... Station ( Turner et al. 2014 ), whereas the global temperature increase averaged 0.12 °C per decade from 1951 to 2012 ( ...
Temperature
2016 , Report Content... with mean surface air temperature showing around a 1 °C warming since then (Figure ATM17).
Temperature
Temperature
... a detailed modelling and statistical approach found that global warming likely contributed up to 15 per cent of the record September ...
Resilience of Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... rate of today. The era resulted in a rapid onset of 6 °C global warming, followed by a gradual recovery during 150,000 years. Although many ...
Resilience of our climate
2016 , Report Content... to return to pre-industrial levels from a given level of warming on timescales appropriate to human activities, even after complete ... significant negative emissions have the potential to reverse global warming, but whether CO 2 capture technology is feasible at the ...
Executive Summary - Atmosphere
2016 Executive Summary Executive Summary - Atmosphere
Climate change is a global problem, and minimising its impact on the Australian environment will ... disadvantaged are the most sensitive to climate change. As warming increases, Australia is forecast to experience: increased heatwaves, ...
Figure BLT10 Average weekly household energy expenditure, by climate zone, 2012
2016 GraphAverage weekly household energy expenditure, by climate zone, 2012 Average weekly household energy expenditure, by climate zone, 2012 Total dwelling energyTotal fuel for vehicles High humid summer, warm winter (Zone 1)3862 Warm humid summer, mild winter (...
Outlook for Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... temperatures are projected. To remain below 2 °C warming above pre-industrial levels, a reduction in global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions of 40–70 per cent by 2050 ...
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