Summary
Overview of past and future climate change in Australia's area of responsibility in Antarctica, sub-Antarctic islands and Southern Ocean, and impacts of Antarctic changes upon the Australian mainland. Overview of past and future climate change and its impacts in Australia's area of responsibility in Antarctica, sub-Antarctic islands and the Southern Ocean. Includes changes in the Antarctic atmosphere and ice sheets that may affect the Australian mainland through remote changes in sea levels and weather systems. The National Climate Risk Assessment Antarctic Report is largely confined to a review of the physical drivers of climate change impacts that ripple through the environment, affecting the ecosystems, human activities and infrastructure, both in Antarctica and Australia.