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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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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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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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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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