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The Once and Future Springs: exploring the vital importance of groundwater in the world’s drylands
The artesian springs and oases of the world’s drylands are remarkable lifelines, with critical ecological and cultural significance. These natural discharge points of aquifers create ...
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Bat Signals: why TERN’s EcoAcoustics database is a game-changer for microbat research
Since its launch in 2022, TERN’s EcoAcoustics database has become the world’s largest centralised library of bat calls. We speak to ecologist Simon Robson to ...
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eDNA: how advances in DNA detection and sequencing are helping ecologists
eDNA is becoming increasingly useful in biodiversity research and conservation. But what is eDNA, exactly? All living things have DNA and regularly shed that DNA via ...
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Director’s Update – February 2026
What a way to kick off a new year! We are delighted to welcome Dr Les Trudzik as the newly appointed Chair of the TERN ...
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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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