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State and trends of soil acidification

2016, 2011
Land
State and trends
Assessment summary

Land State and trends Soil: Salinity and acidification Year...

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Figure MAR7 Average decadal change in surface water pH around Australia, 1880–89 to 2000–09

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source: Lenton et al. (2016) Figure MAR7 Average decadal change in surface water pH around Australia, 1880–89 to 2000–09 Climate changeClimate change

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State and trends of the Southern Ocean

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The physical environment: The Southern Ocean Antarctica...

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Resilience of our climate

2016
Climate
Resilience
Report Content

2016 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...

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Soil: Understanding

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Land State and trends South Australian Gulf Tasmania Understanding the current state and condition of Australian soils requires an appreciation of their diversity...

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Soil: Salinity and acidification

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Land State and trends Murray Darling East Coast Greater Sydney Soil salinity Secondary dryland salinity has been one of Australia’s most...

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Overview of state and trends of the atmosphere

2016
Atmosphere
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Atmosphere State and trends Climate What has changed since 2011? Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions per person decreased from 24.1 tonnes in 2011 (DCCEE 2012) to 22.2 tonnes in 2015 (DoE 2016a), although they...

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Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Risks
At a glance

At 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...

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Pressures on the marine environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...

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Coastal land

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends North East Coast Marine Temperate East Great Barrier Reef Cocos Christmas Marine North...

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Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceCurrently, the Antarctic environment is still in a comparatively good condition. However, the pressures on the continent and the surrounding ocean will increase. For example, the extraction of marine resources is not only going to continue but will intensify in the future. Most...

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Atmosphere

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef Greater Sydney Indian Ocean Airborne emissions Australia’s...

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Urban development

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures A growing population puts increasing pressure on biodiversity when residential areas encroach on natural systems. The Built environment report describes Australia's urban footprint, and the...

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Climate change

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine South East...

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Human influences on Antarctica

2016
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica As detailed in the Drivers report, the key drivers of environmental change are population and economic growth. Antarctica, as the only continent...

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The physical environment: The Southern Ocean

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean is changing in ways that are likely to affect regional and global climate, and marine productivity (...

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Overview of state and trends of the land

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Land State and trends Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef What has changed since 2011? The effects of the millennium drought in southern Australian (2000–10, although in...

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Water quality

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...

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Climate change–induced pressures

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Land Pressures South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Lake Eyre Our...

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Soil: Carbon dynamics

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Land State and trends South Australian Gulf Tasmania Carbon dynamics In light of international agreements such as the Paris Agreement—which emerged from the 21st...

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Pressures affecting the marine environment

2016, 2011
Marine environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Marine environment Pressures Additional pressuresDumped wastesToxins, pesticides and herbicidesMarine debrisAnthropogenic noiseMarine vessel activityMarine renewable energy generationMarine mining and industryMarine oil and gas...

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State and trends of species and taxa groups

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed it's name since 2011   State and trends of species populations and groups Marine environment State and trends State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups...

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Resilience of our climate

2011
Climate
Resilience
Report Content

2011 Climate Resilience To date, the apparent resilience of the atmospheric–oceanic system has been a major factor limiting the rate and extent of change in climate (largely due to the capacity of the oceans to absorb...

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The Southern Ocean

2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Antarctic environment State and trends Indian Ocean Antarctica The Southern Ocean is the only ocean that encircles the globe uninhibited by land masses. It flows...

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Pressures resulting from climate change

2011
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Marine environment Pressures South East Coast Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...

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2011 Report graph - Figure 4.7 Compliance with the Australian water quality guidelines for fresh and marine waters and the Queensland water quality guidelines for pH (acidity), 2000–10

2011
Inland water
Graph

Figure 4.7 Figure 4.7 Compliance with the Australian water quality guidelines for fresh and marine waters25 and the Queensland water quality guidelines26 for pH (acidity), 2000–10 This map includes only sites with 30 or more samples collected...

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5 Land | 5 Resilience of the land environment | 5.1 Landscape and soil

2011
Land
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceAustralia has large areas of ancient and weathered soils. Their resilience to change is lower than the younger landscapes of parts of Europe and North America. Soils are prone to serious degradation when they have insufficient resilience and when particular thresholds are exceeded...

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Pressures on the marine environment

2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...

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Water quality

2011
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau...

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7 Antarctic environment | 7 Outlook for the Antarctic environment

2011
Antarctic environment
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceAt the moment, Antarctica is still in a comparatively good condition. However, the pressures on the continent and the surrounding ocean are going to increase. For example, the extraction of marine resources will not only continue but will intensify in future. Most importantly,...

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