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Director’s Update – January 2026
The fun and games at the end of 2025 re-energised the TERN team and one month into the new year, we are already immersed in ...
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A Legacy of Water Wisdom: Wayne Meyer’s Journey from Irrigation to Arid Lands
Wayne Meyer has always been interested in water: how it moves through natural and agricultural systems, and by what happens to landscapes when there isn’t enough to go around. He ...
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Snorkelling with science: a personal journey through mangrove biodiversity
Celebrating a mentor’s groundbreaking Nature review while rediscovering the magic of a familiar field site, this time from beneath the surface. By Madeline Goddard ...
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Have your say: help shape the 2026 – 2031 TERN Strategic Plan
In 2025, the TERN Research Directions Survey 2025–2035 gathered over 180 responses from researchers, data users, and stakeholders across Australia. Today, we are releasing an Exposure Draft ...
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Purpose-built tools for Australia’s unique ecosystems
Monitoring 1,000 plots across Australia’s vast landscapes required ingenuity in adapting and designing equipment that didn’t exist. Discover how TERN’s innovations to the Basal Wedge and Densitometer Pole helped make continental-scale ecosystem ...
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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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