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Report: Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment


Read the report from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment: A Decadal Synopsis and Recommendations for Action summarises the scientific consensus about changes taking place in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and offers recommendations for actions and additional research.

The report was produced by an international group of scientists for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). It’s production was led by SAEF Director, Professor Steven L. Chown alongside SAEF researchers, Dr Rachel Leihy, Dr Ben Henley, Professor Andrew Mackintosh, Dr Cassandra Brooks and Laura Phillips, and a group of international co-authors.

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: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

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