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Director’s Update, December 2025
Dear Colleagues,I am delighted to share that our 2026 TERN Webinar Series will commence on 4 February with a session exploring one of Australia’s least ...
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Why ecosystem research infrastructure matters for Australia
TERN’s research infrastructure underpins some of Australia’s most important environmental initiatives. By fostering innovation and delivering objective, long-term environmental data, TERN supports science, policy, and industry, ...
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Forest Art Intelligence: a unique synthesis of experimental art, ecological science, and environmental education
The Forest Art Intelligence project is a unique art-science initiative conceived by experimental artist Keith Armstrong. In collaboration with a team of scientists and science ...
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A First Glimpse into the Next Decade: 300+ Questions from Australia’s Ecosystem Researchers
A first look at the TERN Research Directions 2025–2035 Survey. This initiative aims to better understand Australia’s environmental research community and identify their emerging priorities ...
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Applying Environmental Data to Forecasting Health Issues
The One Health framework recognises a fundamental truth: human health, animal health, and environmental health are inseparable. Understanding our environment is the key to predicting ...
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Director’s Update, November 2025
5What an incredible week it’s been! I’ve just returned from ESA25 in Adelaide, and I’m still buzzing from the energy and passion our ecosystem science ...
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Reaching New Heights: bringing the lab to the high country
A few days ago, twelve students from ANU’s Advanced Field Studies in Functional Ecology piled into a van and headed up to Mt Kosciuszko, each ...
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Tapping the research potential of the national Threatened Species Index
Growling grass frog credit: Geoff Heard Understanding long-term population changes in Australia’s threatened and near-threatened species is crucial for monitoring progress towards national conservation ...
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TERN’s Regional Ambassadors: your local connection to Australia’s Ecosystem Observatory
Ever wondered who to contact about TERN in your state or territory? Or curious about what’s happening with ecosystem monitoring around Australia? Meet TERN’s Regional ...
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Finding Similarities in the Differences
TERN’s National Ecosystem Assessment System for Australia (NEASA) project is creating a national framework that provides consistent criteria and nomenclature for assessing ecosystem status and ...
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