Antarctic environment

Human influences on Antarctica

As detailed in the Drivers report, the key drivers of environmental change are population and economic growth.
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Pressures on the marine environment

The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean layers (Hauri et al. 2016).
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Pressures on the terrestrial environment

The pressures on the Antarctic terrestrial environment operating on a global scale include anthropogenic climate change, such as atmospheric warming and changes to water regimes.
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Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage

The Mawson’s Huts Historic Site is Australia’s oldest and arguably most significant historic heritage site in Antarctica. At the time of their construction, more than 100 years ago, the huts were built to last only a few years.
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Klekociuk A, Wienecke B (2016). Antarctic environment: Topics. In: Australia state of the environment 2016, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra, https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/antarctic-environment/topics?framework=106, DOI 10.4226/94/58b65b2b307c0