A Risk Assessment of Changing Climate on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

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Numéro du document:

WS-CC-2023/16

Auteur(s):

Bertler, N.A.N. and I. Hawes

Soumis par:

Nathan Walker (Nouvelle-Zélande)

Approuvé par:

Nathan Walker (Nouvelle-Zélande)

Point(s) de l'ordre du jour

WS-CC-2023 - 3.3 - Mechanisms to improve input, and use of, relevant scientific information and advice on climate change throughout CCAMLR’s work program

Résumé

Antarctica and Southern Ocean environments are changing rapidly in ways that are not always foreshadowed by model predictions. Using the examples of recent rapid reductions in sea ice areal cover and increased occurrence of extreme climate events, this paper recommends the development of an assessment of risk posed by possible changes to critical processes that fundamentally support CCAMLR management.