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• Editors
  ...the Global Climate System from 2005 to 2008. He is the co-author of ‘Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology’ and ‘Polar Lows: Mesoscale Weather ...ew articles and is often quoted commenting on glaciological impacts of the climate on the world's ice sheets and glaciers.
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• ENSO links and teleconnections to vertebrate life histories and population
  ...slands, 1976-1987: implications for Southerrn Ocean monitoring studies. In Antarctic Ocean resources variability (ed. D Sahrhage), 261-285. Berlin, Germany: Spr ...s in SST and winter sea ice extent affect the recruitment and dispersal of Antarctic krill. Delayed effects of sea ice conditions on abundance relate to the pro
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• Future developments in Antarctic observation
  ...ignificant problem for researchers in many areas of Antarctic science. The Antarctic continent is large and there are logistical difficulties in getting to many ...launch in coming years, many of which will directly benefit studies of the Antarctic. While not exhaustive because of changing plans, some of these are briefly
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• Glacial interglacial cycles
  ...ng|thumb|'''3.9''' Main climatic events of the last 1 Million years in the Antarctic context]] ...he comparison with sea level proxies.png|thumb|'''3.10''' Accurately dated Antarctic ice-core records and the comparison with sea level proxies (Kawamura et al.
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• Holocene climate change in East Antarctica (EA)
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Regional patterns of holocene climate change in Antarctica]]'' ...., Sugden, D.E. and Fink, D. 2007. Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of an East Antarctic Oasis (Radok Lake Area, Northern Prince Charles Mountains), and Its Implica
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• Holocene climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP)
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Regional patterns of holocene climate change in Antarctica]]'' ...nsula.png|thumb|'''3.26''' Selected Holocene environmental changes – Antarctic Peninsula]]
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• Holocene climate change in the Ross Sea region (RS)
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Regional patterns of holocene climate change in Antarctica]]'' ...e Wright, a high-level Antarctic lake during the LGM and early Holocene, ''Antarctic Science'', '''13''', 53-60.</ref>). The large amount of water in these lake
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• Holocene climate changes
  ...into account in understanding modern climate and the potential for future climate change. ...Kreutz, K. 2004b. A 700 year record of Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical climate variability, ''Annals of Glaciology'', '''39''', 127-132.</ref>).]]
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• Ice sheet models
  ...rt of the topic [[Models of the physical and biological environment of the Antarctic]]'' ...nd deformation of subglacial sediments. A recent overview of the status of Antarctic models is provided by Huybrechts (2004<ref name="Huybrechts, 2004">Huybrech
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• Impacts of instrumental period climate change on invertebrates
  ...marine water breathing animals. These relationships lead us to expect that climate warming will have a significant impact on ecosystems at both poles. ...thermal specialization paradigm: compensation for elevated temperatures in Antarctic fish, ''Biol. Lett.'', '''2''', 151-154.</ref>).
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• In-situ ocean observations
  ...per, 2007">Smith, W. and Asper, V.A. 2007. New Ways to Collect Data in the Antarctic, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 88, no. 48, 525.</ref>). ...n and alkalinity, trace metals and a host of other parameters important to climate, biogeochemical and ecological studies.
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• Key points - 2009 version
  ...l not last. Over the next century we expect ozone concentrations above the Antarctic to recover, but if greenhouse gas concentrations increase at the present ra ...ent of our present interglacial period and to define the ranges of natural climate and environmental variability on timescales from decades to millennia that
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• Key points - 2013 version
  ...CE Consortium. 2009. Review: Antarctic climate change and the environment, Antarctic Science, 1-23.</ref>). ...ibutors, the 53 national representatives at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen, five UN agencies, all 35 SCAR National Delega
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• Long term sea level change in the instrumental period
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Antarctic climate and environment change in the instrumental period]]'' ...05, doi:10.1029/2004GL019626.</ref>). However, it should be noted that the Antarctic contribution to sea level now is small compared to what it was following th
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• Marine and terrestrial pollution
  ...005">Bargagli, R. 2005. Antarctic Ecosystems: Environmental Contamination, Climate Change, and Human Impact. Sprnger-Verlag, Berlin, 395 pp.</ref>). ...ance of the &ldquo;ozone hole&rdquo; and the rapid regional warming of the Antarctic Peninsula indicate that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are inextricably
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• Marine biological responses to climate change
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Biological responses to climate change]]'' ...: Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Research Series, 55, 152 pp.</ref>). Thereafter shallow-marine benthic moll
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• Marine biology in the instrumental period
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Antarctic climate and environment change in the instrumental period]]'' #[[Impacts of instrumental period climate change on invertebrates]]
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• Marine biology over the next 100 years
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Biological responses to 21st climate climate change]]'' ...Convey, P., Allen, C.S. and Clarke, A.C. 2006. Incursion and excursion of Antarctic biota: past, present and future, ''Global Ecol Biogeogr'', '''15''', 121-14
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• Marine biota of the Antarctic
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Biota of the Antarctic]]'' ...ted habitats because of their unusual faunas, which make the waters of the Antarctic shelf comparable to classic evolutionary sites such as the Galapagos.
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• Marine picoplankton response to climate change
  ...rctic Peninsula and potential implications for the Antarctic food web. In: Antarctic Ecosystems: Models for Wider Ecological Understanding. W. Davidson, C. Howa [[Category:Antarctic biology]]
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• Meteorological and ozone observing in the Antarctic
  ...nificant impetus towards setting up continuously operating stations in the Antarctic, and over forty were established, of which over a dozen are still operating [[File:Figure 2.1 - Map of Antarctic AWS sites.png|thumb|'''2.1''' Location of automatic weather station (AWS) s
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• Modelling of the ACC and polar gyres
  ...latively warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) masses close to the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. ...s, N.C., Ivchenko, V.O. and De Cuevas, B.A. 2005. Dynamical budgets of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current using ocean general-circulation models, ''Quart. J. Roy
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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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• Sea level observations
  ...ure 2.28 - Map of the main Antarctic tide gauges.png|thumb|'''2.28''' Main Antarctic tide gauges described in the text.]] ...commenced in 1958, the equipment having been installed at the then British Antarctic Survey Faraday base during the International Geophysical Year, thereby prov
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• Small-scale processes in the Southern Ocean
  ...cale processes could affect large-scale conditions i.e. the oceans role in climate. ...Wolff, J.-O. 2004. The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, ''Antarct. Sci.'', '''16''', 439-470.</ref>) for two r
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• Temperature changes in the instrumental period
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Antarctic climate and environment change in the instrumental period]]'' Surface temperature trends across the Antarctic can be determined using a number of different forms of data, including the
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• Temperature changes over the 21st century
  ...l, 2008">Bracegirdle, T.J., Connolley, W.M. and Turner, J. 2008. Antarctic climate change over the Twenty First Century, Journal of Geophysical Research &ndas ...l, 2008">Bracegirdle, T.J., Connolley, W.M. and Turner, J. 2008. Antarctic climate change over the Twenty First Century, Journal of Geophysical Research &ndas
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• Terrestrial biological responses to climate change
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Biological responses to climate change]]'' ...). Exceptions to this generalization are provided first by the continental Antarctic &lsquo;Dry Valleys&rsquo; of Victoria Land, providing several thousand squa
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• Terrestrial biology in the instrumental period
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Antarctic climate and environment change in the instrumental period]]'' ...ures are found in coastal regions of the continent, particularly along the Antarctic Peninsula and in Victoria Land, terrestrial habitats exist in all sectors o
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• Terrestrial biology over the next 100 years
  :''This page is part of the topic [[Biological responses to 21st climate climate change]]'' ...itude. Furthermore, regional environmental change in the sub- and maritime Antarctic is likely to act in synergy with anthropogenic transfer, lowering the curre
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• The Amundsen and Bellingshausen seas in the instrumental period
  ...-22, doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0058-5.</ref>). A comprehensive field study on Antarctic krill in the Amundsen Sea has yet to be conducted. ...ruises (colour coded). Fringing ice shelves and glaciers draining the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in light blue (Nitsche et al., 2007<ref name="Nitsche et al, 2007
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