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Figure ATM3 Radiative forcing in 2011 relative to 1750, and aggregated uncertainties for the main drivers of climate change
2016 , Graph Figure ATM3 Radiative forcing in 2011 relative to 1750, and aggregated uncertainties for the main drivers of climate change
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Figure ATM2 Radiative forcing as a result of long-lived greenhouse gases measured by CSIRO in the Southern Hemisphere
2016 , Graph Figure ATM2 Radiative forcing as a result of long-lived greenhouse gases measured by CSIRO in the Southern Hemisphere
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Effects of increased greenhouse gases
2016 , Report Content... been the warmest decade in the instrumental record. Box ATM1 Radiative forcing Radiative forcing is a measure of the balance between the amount of ...
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... atmosphere, resulting in significant increases in positive radiative forcing, which has a warming effect on climate. CO 2 levels in our atmosphere ...
Increased sea levels
2016 Report Content... greater than the average rate during the 20th century, as radiative forcing from increasing greenhouse gas emissions continues. This result applies ...
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... have increased since the industrial age, causing positive radiative forcing and increasing global temperatures Australia’s emissions per capita ...
Increases in greenhouse gases
2016 , Report Content... ). This has resulted in significant increases in positive radiative forcing, which has a warming effect on the climate ( Figure ATM2 ).
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Human influences on Antarctica
2016 Report Content... G, Takemura T & Zhang H (2013). Anthropogenic and natural radiative forcing. In: Stocker T, Qin D, Plattner G-K, Tignor M, Allen SK, Boschung J, ...
Increased extreme weather events
2016 Report Content... Report in 2014. RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6 and RCP8.5 describe the radiative forcing values in the year 2100 relative to pre-industrial values. Assessment ...
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...
Climate change–induced pressures
2016 Report Content... Change for its Fifth Assessment Report, which describe the radiative forcing values in the year 2100 relative to pre-industrial values. Source: ...
Introduction
2016 At a glanceDrivers are the underlying natural and human-caused forces that generate the pressures on the environment. Natural drivers of environmental change include changes in Earth’s orbit, and variation in the amount of solar energy and volcanic eruptions. The human-caused drivers of change to the...
Governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Marine South East Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the...
State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... Island suggest food limitation through common environmental forcing.
African Journal of Marine Science
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Box HER32 World Parks Congress 2014
2016 Case StudyIn 2014, the Australian and New South Wales governments joined forces with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to bring the World Parks Congress to Sydney. This was a significant investment in effort and resources to give Australia a major voice in...
Pressures affecting Antarctic marine species
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...
The physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and weather patterns
2016 Report Content... MAJ, Moy AD & Palmer JG (2015). Tropical and mid-latitude forcing of continental Antarctic temperatures. Cryosphere 9:2405–2415. SCAR ...
Pressures on the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Nonregulated diesel engines, including shipping and nonroad transport
2016 , Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Pressures Murray Darling Greater Sydney Nonroad diesel engines and equipment are used in a wide variety of applications, including rail...
Box HER31 Innovative management of local heritage—the City of Ballarat
2016 Case StudyThe City of Ballarat is a ‘goldfields’ town with many heritage places that reflect different phases of Ballarat’s development, set within a historic urban landscape and protected using the ‘heritage overlay’ provisions of the planning scheme (City of Ballarat 2016). In 2013,...
The physical environment: The Southern Ocean
2016 Report Content... MAJ, Moy AD & Palmer JG (2015). Tropical and mid-latitude forcing of continental Antarctic temperatures. Cryosphere 9:2405–2415. SCAR ...
The physical environment: The cryosphere
2016 Report Content... MAJ, Moy AD & Palmer JG (2015). Tropical and mid-latitude forcing of continental Antarctic temperatures. Cryosphere 9:2405–2415. SCAR ...
Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAlthough organisms living in Antarctica have evolved to cope with severe events, it is challenging to measure their level of resilience and to predict how future climate change will affect Antarctic ecosystems. This is largely because our understanding of key parameters is still...
Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The Mawson’s Huts Historic Site at Cape Denison in the AAT is Australia’s oldest and arguably most significant historic heritage site in...
Antarctic governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty and a set of related international agreements, known collectively as the Antarctic Treaty System, provide the framework...
Atmosphere
2016 Report Content... influenced by El Niño –Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) forcing ( BoM 2011 , 2015 ). For example, the Brisbane floods of 2011 occurred ...
Soil: Understanding
2016 Report Content2016 Land State and trends South Australian Gulf Tasmania Understanding the current state and condition of Australian soils requires an appreciation of their diversity...
Australia’s emissions in context
2016 , Report Content2016 Climate Pressures Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Melbourne Although Australia’s emissions in...
Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance... of warming of the Antarctic surface will increase as the forcing of the SAM by ozone depletion diminishes ( WMO 2014 ). During the next ...
Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Marine South West Marine South East Antarctica Although isolated from other continents, Antarctica is...
