Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

• Main Authors: John Turner, Nicholas E. Barr, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Peter Convey, Michael P. Meredith, Howard Roscoe, Jon Shanklin, John French, Hugues Goosse, Mauro Guglielmin, Julian Gutt, Stan Jacobs, Marlon C. Kennicutt Ii, Paul Mayewski, Francisco Navarro, Ted Scambos, Mike Sparrow, Colin Summerhayes, Kevin Speer, Alexander Klepikov
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.404.4916; http://www.scar.org/treaty/atcmxxxvi/ATCM36_att125_e.pdf

ABSTRACT. We present an update of the ‘key points ’ from the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (ACCE) report that was published by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in 2009. We summarise subsequent advances in knowledge concerning how the climates of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean have changed in the past, how they might change in the future, and examine the associated impacts on the marine and terrestrial biota. We also incorporate relevant material presented by SCAR to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and make use