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• Models of the physical and biological environment of the Antarctic
  ...es. In this section we examine some of the major classes of models used in Antarctic studies. #[[Regional climate models]]
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• Near-shore marine disturbances over the next 100 years
  ...x, A., Vaughan, D. and Ferrigno, J. 2005, Retreating glacier fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past half-century, ''Science'', '''308''', 541-544.</ref ...x, A., Vaughan, D. and Ferrigno, J. 2005, Retreating glacier fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past half-century, ''Science'', '''308''', 541-544.</ref
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• Observations, data accuracy and tools
  ...that are available to investigate climatic and environmental change in the Antarctic. We examine the availability and accuracy of ''in-situ'' physical and biolo ...research. Initially their applications were in the more physical areas of climate, ice sheet, sea ice and ocean modelling. However, they are now starting to
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• Observations for studies of environmental change in the Antarctic
  :''This page is part of the topic [[The Antarctic environment in the global system]]'' ...e year-round. Those with year-round capability monitor many aspects of the Antarctic environment, such as meteorology, solar-terrestrial interactions in the Ear
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• Observations of Antarctic permafrost
  ...nge with time, making difficult the modelling of the relationships between climate and active layer thickness. ...egimes from Antarctica and the Italian Alps, and their relevance to global climate change, ''Global and Planetary Change'', '''40''', 159-167.</ref>, Zhang an
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• Observations of marine biology
  ...ed by ecological conditions and being of high relevance for predictions of climate change impact and natural conservation strategies.]] ...up>th</sup> century can provide data relevant to studies of the effects of climate on the ecosystem, and can provide a baseline for long-term observations, as
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• Observations of the ice sheet
  ...ovides detailed information about the processes that operate to change the Antarctic environment. The combination of fieldwork, aircraft, and satellite measurem ...[[:File:Figure 1.3 - Antarctic surface elevation.png|Figure 1.3]] on [[The Antarctic cryosphere]]).
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• Ocean change over the next 100 years
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Antarctic climate and environment change over the next 100 years]]'' ...rvations and between different models. In particular, the transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) through Drake Passage simulated by those models r
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• Ocean models of the Southern Ocean
  ...rt of the topic [[Models of the physical and biological environment of the Antarctic]]'' ...007">Gnanadesikan, A., Griffies, S.M. and Samuels, B.L. 2007. Effects in a climate model of slope tapering in neutral physics schemes, ''Ocean Modelling'', ''
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• Pathways of research in cold-adapted organisms and climate change
  ...d Smith, R.C. 2007. Climate change and the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula, ''Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B'', '''362''', 149-166.</ref>). ...ly, seasonal and longer-term environmental changes?&rdquo; and &rdquo;Will climate change result in either relaxation of selection pressure on genomes, or tig
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• Precipitation changes over the 21st century
  ...s is paramount for resolving the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Antarctic ice sheet. ...06a">Monaghan, A.J., Bromwich, D.H. and Wang, S-H. 2006a. Recent trends in Antarctic snow accumulation from Polar MM5, ''Philosophical Trans. Royal. Soc. A'', '
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• About ACCE
  The Antarctic continent and Southern Ocean are extremely important parts of the global ph ...r present understanding of the physical and chemical climate system of the Antarctic region, the way it varies through time, and the profound influence of that
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• Prospects for marine invasions by non-indigenous species
  ...wn S.L. 2007. Mytilus on the move: transport of an invasive bivalve to the Antarctic, ''Mar. Ecol Progr. Ser.'', '''339''', 307-310.</ref>) found that mussels ( ...D.B., Wilga C.D., Seibel B.A. 2007. Climate change and invisibility of the Antarctic benthos, ''Annual Review of Ecological and Evolutionary Systems'', '''38'''
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• Recommendations
  ...round Antarctica, and the volume of the ice sheets, interact and influence climate at a global scale. Although a great deal of data are now available with whi ...re-instrumental period]], on research needed to improve the record of past climate change on geological time scales. In addition, scattered throughout the tex
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• Regional climate models
  ...rt of the topic [[Models of the physical and biological environment of the Antarctic]]'' ...rize processes that occur on a subgrid scale &ndash; like the scale of the Antarctic Peninsula. While the spatial resolution of GCMs will increase, their capabi
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• Regional patterns of holocene climate change in Antarctica
  ...''19''', 51-69.</ref>), the role of various forcing mechanisms in regional climate change is poorly described. ...story of the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum, Arctic, ''Antarctic and Alpine Research'', '''35''', 175-186.</ref>).
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• Satellite observations of the Southern Ocean
  ...t flux at the air-sea interface. On the global scale this is important for climate modelling, study of the Earth's heat balance, and obtaining insight into at ...(&lt;10 km) SST products to the operational oceanographic, meteorological, climate and general scientific community.
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• Sea ice change over the 21st century
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Antarctic climate and environment change over the next 100 years]]'' ...annual cycle of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice coverages by 11 major global climate models, J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2005JC003408.</ref>).
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• Sea ice observations
  ...osh (1972<ref name="Mackintosh, 1972">Mackintosh, N.A. 1972. Life cycle of Antarctic krill in relation to ice and water conditions, ''Discovery Reports'', '''36 ...Mare, 1997">De La Mare, W.K. 1997. Abrupt mid-twentieth century decline in Antarctic sea-ice extent from whaling records, ''Nature'', '''389''' (6646), 57-61.</
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• Sea ice over the last million years
  ...and Keeling, 2000">Stephens, B.B. and Keeling, R.F. 2000. The influence of Antarctic sea ice on glacial-interglacial CO₂ variations, ''Nature'', '''4 ...ribution of the Southern Ocean at the EPILOG Last Glacial Maximum-a circum-Antarctic view based on siliceous microfossil records, ''Quaternary Science Reviews''
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