Antarctic climate change and the environment
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| Date | 2009-12 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Convey P.1, Bindschadler R.2, Di Prisco G.3, Fahrbach E.4, Gutt J.4, Hodgson D. A.1, Mayewski P. A.5, Summerhayes C. P.6, Turner J.1 | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | ACCE CONSORTIUM | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge CB3 0ET, England. 2 : NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Hydrospher & Biospher Sci Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA. 3 : CNR, Inst Prot Biochem, I-80131 Naples, Italy. 4 : Alfred Wegener Inst Polar & Marine Res, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany. 5 : Univ Maine, Sawyer Res Facil, Climate Change Inst, Orono, ME 04469 USA. 6 : Univ Cambridge, Scott Polar Res Inst, Sci Comm Antarctic Res, Cambridge CB2 1ER, England. |
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| Source | Antarctic Science (0954-1020) (Cambridge Univ Press), 2009-12 , Vol. 21 , N. 6 , P. 541-563 | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1017/S0954102009990642 | ||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 210 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Antarctica, biology, environmental change, geology, glaciology, Southern Ocean | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | The Antarctic climate system varies on timescales from orbital, through millennial to sub-annual, and is closely coupled to other parts of the global climate system. We review these variations from the perspective of the geological and glaciological records and the recent historical period from which we have instrumental data (similar to the last 50 years). We consider their consequences for the biosphere, and show how the latest numerical models project changes into the future, taking into account human actions in the form of the release of greenhouse gases and chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. In doing so, we provide an essential Southern Hemisphere companion to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. | ||||||||||||
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