Choosing the future of Antarctica

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TitleChoosing the future of AntarcticaAbstractWe present two narratives on the future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, from the perspective of an observer looking back from 2070. In the first scenario, greenhouse gas emissions remained unchecked, the climate continued to warm, and the policy response was ineffective; this had large ramifications in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, with worldwide impacts. In the second scenario, ambitious action was taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions and to establish policies that reduced anthropogenic pressure on the environment, slowing the rate of change in Antarctica. Choices made in the next decade will determine what trajectory is realized. Â© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Ltd., part of Springer Nature.Funding DetailsUC, Universidade de Coimbra; 8LSCE; MU, Monash University; Imperial College London; Victoria University of Wellington; NERC, Natural Environment Research Council; CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; ANR, Agence Nationale de la Recherche; Royal Society of New Zealand; SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited; ANR-14-CE01-0001; ARC, Australian Research Council; TFI, Tinker Foundation; CRCs, Cooperative Research Centres, Australian Government Department of Industry; Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment; ICER 1664013, NSF, National Science Foundation; NERC, Natural Environment Research Council; IF/00616/2013; MARE-UID/MAR/04292/2013; CRC, CRC Health Group

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1st AuthorRintoul, S. AuthorRintoul, S.Chown, S.DeConto, R.England, M.Fricker, H.Masson-Delmotte, V.Naish, T.Siegert, M.Xavier, J.Year2018JournalNatureVolume558Number7709Pages233-241DOI10.1038/s41586-018-0173-4URLhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/recor.....8b288afd4522a6609283684ebPublisherNature Publishing Group

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CitationRintoul, S., Chown, S., DeConto, R., England, M., Fricker, H., Masson-Delmotte, V., Naish, T., Siegert, M. and Xavier, J. (2018). Choosing the future of Antarctica. Nature, 558(7709): 233-241