Australia State of the Environment Report

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... and territories or with the Australian Government. Soil: Salinity and acidification Soil: Salinity and acidification Murray Darling East Coast Greater Sydney Soil ...

Figure LAN20 Rating and condition for soil acidity

2016

Map

... Figure LAN20 Rating and condition for soil acidity Soil: Salinity and acidification ...

Figure LAN18 Estimated lime application in Western Australia to treat acidifying soils, 2004–16

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Graph

... Western Australia to treat acidifying soils, 2004–16 Soil: Salinity and acidification ...

Figure LAN19 Estimated lime application on agricultural land in South Australia, 1998–2016

2016

Graph

... on agricultural land in South Australia, 1998–2016 Soil: Salinity and acidification ...

State and trends of the land environment 2016

2016

At a glance

... and ecosystem functions in general. Increases in dryland salinity appear to have been slowed by the millennium drought, although a ... to wetter conditions is likely to increase spread of dryland salinity. Management of soil carbon is central to maintaining soil health and ...

Water quality

2016

Inland water

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... occurring in upstream catchments, whereas groundwater salinity or acidity can also be a measure of larger-scale factors. Thus, the ... Groundwater Insight tool provides information on groundwater salinity for Australia. States and territories manage water quality monitoring ...

Soil

2016

Introduction

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... Other forms of degradation, such as soil erosion and salinity , are more difficult to remedy. Prevention is the key to avoiding land ...

Overview of state and trends of inland water

2016

Inland water

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... changes, have raised groundwater levels and produced dryland salinity. Drainage of acid sulfate soils has acidified local waterways and ...

Coastal land

2016

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... pH (acidity), organic carbon concentration, structure, salinity and acid sulfate oxidation status ( Chapman et al. 2011 ). Soil ... cost-effective way of mapping the areal distribution of soil salinity and soil acidity ( Huang et al. 2014 ). Increasingly, they are also ...

Land–water interface

2016

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... waters. The brine can affect marine biota through higher salinity (often double that of ambient sea water), changed flow conditions and, ... monitored by changes to water quality parameters, such as salinity and dissolved oxygen. Impacts are usually attributed to the stress of ...

Overview of state and trends of the land

2016

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... agricultural areas, although the impacts of soil salinity have slowed. State and trends Land use The impacts of human land ... regimes having a major role in risk mitigation. Soils Salinity, soil carbon stocks, acidification and erosion affect soil condition ...

Soil: Understanding

2016

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... soil structure and porosity topsoil thickness secondary salinity . The processes that control these indicators are interrelated to some ... 27 per cent of the continent. Anthropogenic secondary soil salinity can result from changes in landscape hydrology due to land clearing, ...

State and trends of the Southern Ocean

2016, 2011

Antarctic environment

Assessment summary

... Comparability (to previous reports): Not assessed The salinity of the Southern Ocean has reduced in recent decades Year(s): 2016 3 ... Changes in the global hydrological-cycle inferred from ocean salinity. Geophysical Research Letters 37(18):L18701, doi:10.1029/2010GL044222. ...

Pressures affecting the land environment 2016

2016

At a glance

... and recycling water diversions, and changed hydrology and salinity. ...

State and trends of water quality

2016, 2011

Inland water

Assessment summary

... Comments Nil. Ongoing exceedences of nutrient and salinity levels Year(s): 2011 1 Stable Confidence (in grade): ... medium Comments Nil. Nitrogen levels of local concern; salinity generally within guidelines Year(s): 2011 3 Stable ...

Coastal waterways

2016

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... naturally, and this causes rapid changes in water level, salinity and tidal regime. Modifications to entrance dynamics have biological ... inflow and caused some estuaries to display persistent high- salinity conditions. Historically, the Peel–Harvey Estuary in south-west ...

Contemporary land-use pressures

2016

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... and cattle grazing include habitat loss, surface soil loss, salinity, and soil and water quality issues. Grazing pressures can also result ... and cattle grazing include habitat loss, surface soil loss, salinity , and soil and water quality issues. Grazing pressures can also result ...

Global importance of Antarctica

2016

Antarctic environment

Introduction

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2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Marine South West Marine South East Antarctica Although isolated from other continents, Antarctica is...

Sustained ocean monitoring

2016

Outlook

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... to global repositories such as the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme and the World Ocean Database . Many have contributed ...

Pressures affecting the marine environment

2016, 2011

Assessment summary

... flavors of El Niño–Southern Oscillation using sea surface salinity observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: ... assessed Topics Climate change Climate change - ocean salinity This assessment summary component has changed from 2011. It was ... change. This reflects the move of the assessment of Ocean salinity from the 2011 State and trend of physical and chemical processes ...

Climate and system variability

2016

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... (e.g. Figure MAR4 ), rainfall patterns (affecting ocean salinity), surface winds, oceanic currents and tidal regimes, which can ... (e.g. Figure MAR4 ), rainfall patterns (affecting ocean salinity), surface winds, oceanic currents and tidal regimes, which can ...

Outlook for biodiversity 2016

2016

Biodiversity

Outlook

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... to assist in controlling erosion, addressing dryland salinity and restoring native habitat. Land-sector credits will be instrumental ...

Jurisdictional reporting on pressures

2016

Biodiversity

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... fire regimes, or altered hydrological regimes, including salinity and acidification. Introduced or feral animals cause a range of ...

State and trends of the marine environment 2016

2016

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... Stations build on historical sampling for temperature, salinity and nutrients, and also provide observations of dissolved oxygen, ...

Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species

2016

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... of October 2013, and subsequent monitoring of the depth and salinity in the wetland showed that sea water did indeed enter the wetland ... Australia are predicted to decline in response to changing salinity regimes associated with drought, but increase southwards in southern ...

Biodiversity: Ecological processes

2016