Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Preface
- How do governments assess climate change?
- Section 1 Earth system science: The processes that underlie climate change
- Section 2 Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
- Introduction
- 1 How resilient are ecosystems to climate change?
- 2 How will South Africa's plants respond to climate change?
- 3 Could rising carbon dioxide concentrations boost plant growth?
- 4 Is bush encroachment caused by global change?
- 5 Will South Africa's land animals cope with climate change?
- 6 Are South Africa's birds taking flight?
- 7 Will South Africa run out of water?
- 8 How will climate change affect freshwater ecosystems?
- 9 How much, and how fast, will sea level rise?
- 10 What is ocean acidification?
- 11 How will ocean acidification affect marine organisms?
- 12 How is climate change affecting South Africa's coastal seas?
- 13 How is our marine life responding to climate change?
- 14 Will coral reefs survive climate change?
- 15 Are South Africa's Prince Edward Islands vulnerable to climate change?
- 16 How are Antarctica and the Southern Ocean responding to climate change?
- Section 3 Consequences of a changing climate for society
- Section 4 What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
- Codicil Is there a dangerous level of climate change?
- Glossary
- List of figures
- References
- Reading list
- Index
16 - How are Antarctica and the Southern Ocean responding to climate change?
from Section 2 - Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Preface
- How do governments assess climate change?
- Section 1 Earth system science: The processes that underlie climate change
- Section 2 Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
- Introduction
- 1 How resilient are ecosystems to climate change?
- 2 How will South Africa's plants respond to climate change?
- 3 Could rising carbon dioxide concentrations boost plant growth?
- 4 Is bush encroachment caused by global change?
- 5 Will South Africa's land animals cope with climate change?
- 6 Are South Africa's birds taking flight?
- 7 Will South Africa run out of water?
- 8 How will climate change affect freshwater ecosystems?
- 9 How much, and how fast, will sea level rise?
- 10 What is ocean acidification?
- 11 How will ocean acidification affect marine organisms?
- 12 How is climate change affecting South Africa's coastal seas?
- 13 How is our marine life responding to climate change?
- 14 Will coral reefs survive climate change?
- 15 Are South Africa's Prince Edward Islands vulnerable to climate change?
- 16 How are Antarctica and the Southern Ocean responding to climate change?
- Section 3 Consequences of a changing climate for society
- Section 4 What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
- Codicil Is there a dangerous level of climate change?
- Glossary
- List of figures
- References
- Reading list
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate ChangeBriefings from Southern Africa, pp. 102 - 107Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2015