Siegert, M;
Atkinson, A;
Banwell, A;
Brandon, M;
Convey, P;
Davies, B;
Downie, R;
... Vaughan, D; + view all
(2019)
The Antarctic Peninsula Under a 1.5 degrees C Global Warming Scenario.
Frontiers in Environmental Science
, 7
, Article 102. 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00102.
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Abstract
Warming of the Antarctic Peninsula in the latter half of the twentieth century was greater than any other terrestrial environment in the Southern Hemisphere, and clear cryospheric and biological consequences have been observed. Under a global 1.5°C scenario, warming in the Antarctic Peninsula is likely to increase the number of days above 0°C, with up to 130 of such days each year in the northern Peninsula. Ocean turbulence will increase, making the circumpolar deep water (CDW) both warmer and shallower, delivering heat to the sea surface and to coastal margins. Thinning and recession of marine margins of glaciers and ice caps is expected to accelerate to terrestrial limits, increasing iceberg production, after which glacier retreat may slow on land. Ice shelves will experience continued increase in meltwater production and consequent structural change, but not imminent regional collapses. Marine biota can respond in multiple ways to climatic changes, with effects complicated by past resource extraction activities. Southward distribution shifts have been observed in multiple taxa during the last century and these are likely to continue. Exposed (ice free) terrestrial areas will expand, providing new habitats for native and non-native organisms, but with a potential loss of genetic diversity. While native terrestrial biota are likely to benefit from modest warming, the greatest threat to native biodiversity is from non-native terrestrial species.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Antarctic Peninsula Under a 1.5 degrees C Global Warming Scenario |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00102 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00102 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019 Siegert, Atkinson, Banwell, Brandon, Convey, Davies, Downie, Edwards, Hubbard, Marshall, Rogelj, Rumble, Stroeve and Vaughan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | polar change, glaciers and climate, sea ice, marine biology, terrestrial biology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094445 |
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