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Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment. Turner, J., Bindschadler, R.A., Convey, P., Di Prisco, G., Fahrbach, E., Gutt, J., Hodgson, D.A., Mayewski, P.A., and Summerhayes, C.P.: 526 pp., 2009. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 978 0 948277 22 1

This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of how the physical and biological environment of the Antarctic continent and Southern Ocean has changed from Deep Time until the present day. It also considers how the Antarctic environment may change over the next century in a world where greenhouse gas concentrations are much higher than occurred over the last few centuries. The Antarctic is a highly coupled system with non-linear interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, ice and biota, along with complex links to the rest of the Earth system. In preparing this volume our approach has been highly cross-disciplinary, with the goal of reflecting the importance of the continent in global issues, such as sea level rise, the separation of natural climate variability from anthropogenic influences, food stocks, biodiversity and carbon uptake by the ocean. One hundred experts in Antarctic science have contributed and drafts of the manuscript were reviewed by over 200 scientists. We hope that it will be of value to all scientists with an interest in the Antarctic continent and the Southern Ocean, policy makers and those concerned with the deployment of observing systems and the development of climate models.

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Original material in this report (mostly in Chapters 1, 6, 7 & 8) is free to use under the CC BY 4.0 license, except where figures have permissions from third parties.

For citation of the full report: Chown, S.L., Leihy, R.I., Naish, T.R., Brooks, C.M., Convey, P., Henley, B.J., Mackintosh, A.N., Phillips, L.M., Kennicutt, M.C. II & Grant, S.M. (Eds.) (2022) Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment: A Decadal Synopsis and Recommendations for Action. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom. www.scar.org

The report provides concise compiled synopses of current understanding, explicit recommendations for actions to address change, and recommendations for additional research. In most cases, the research recommendations are drawn from the SCAR Antarctic and Southern Ocean Horizon Scan and its update [Kennicutt et al. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019] or from questions identified by SCAR’s Scientific Research Programmes. The primary aim of this report is, therefore, to provide a readily accessible, cross-referenced synoptic overview of current knowledge of and projections for climate change and its impacts in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean regions, coupled with specific recommendations on policy actions to address change in the Antarctic.

Infographics accompanying the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment: A Decadal Synopsis and Recommendations for Action. Created by M Philipps. Original material in this report (mostly in Chapters 1, 6, 7 and 8) is free to use under the CC BY 4.0 license, except where figures have permissions from third parties:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Summary in Korean of the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment: A Decadal Synopsis and Recommendations for Action.

Policy and Research Recommendations from Antarctic Climate Change and the Environments: A Decadal Synopsis and Recommendatios for Actions.

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Original material in this report (mostly in Chapters 1, 6, 7 & 8) is free to use under the CC BY 4.0 license, except where figures have permissions from third parties.

For citation of the full report: Chown, S.L., Leihy, R.I., Naish, T.R., Brooks, C.M., Convey, P., Henley, B.J., Mackintosh, A.N., Phillips, L.M., Kennicutt, M.C. II & Grant, S.M. (Eds.) (2022) Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment: A Decadal Synopsis and Recommendations for Action. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom. www.scar.org

The report provides concise compiled synopses of current understanding, explicit recommendations for actions to address change, and recommendations for additional research. In most cases, the research recommendations are drawn from the SCAR Antarctic and Southern Ocean Horizon Scan and its update [Kennicutt et al. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019] or from questions identified by SCAR’s Scientific Research Programmes. The primary aim of this report is, therefore, to provide a readily accessible, cross-referenced synoptic overview of current knowledge of and projections for climate change and its impacts in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean regions, coupled with specific recommendations on policy actions to address change in the Antarctic.