Marine natural environments data for the National Climate Risk Assessment

What is the data?
Projections of marine climate hazards, cumulative impact scores and marine animal biomass across Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and regional areas.
Hazard data were supplied by the Australian Climate Service (ACS) from data stored on the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) as part of Project ia39.
Gridded cumulative impact scores for the Australian EEZ have been produced by CSIRO following an approach previously developed by Hayes et al (2021).
Gridded animal biomass projection data for the Australian EEZ are from the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP, Blanchard and Novaglio 2024).
Polygons for marine regions used in this study to derive regional summaries for hazards, cumulative impact scores and animal biomass projections.

Why was it produced?
The data presented here was prepared for the National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) and supported the assessment of Australia's marine natural environments.

References
Blanchard, J.L., Novaglio, C., 2024. Climate change risks to marine ecosystems and fisheries – Projections to 2100 from the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 707. Rome, FAO.
Hayes, K.R., Dunstan, P., Woolley, S., Barrett, N., Howe, S.A., Samson, C.R., Bowling, R., Ryan, M.P., Foster, S., Monk, J., Peel, D., Hosack, G.R., Francis, S.O., 2021. Designing a Targeted Monitoring Program to Support Evidence Based Management of Australian Marine Parks: A Pilot on the South-East Marine Parks Network. Report to Parks Australia and the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. Parks Australia, University of Tasmanian and CSIRO, Hobart, Australia