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115 Posts in ‘Land & Terrain” Found
Reaching New Heights: bringing the lab to the high country
Until a few years ago, venturing up Australia's highest mountain to study alpine ecosystems would have significantly limited what equipment could be brought along and, ...
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Tapping the research potential of the national Threatened Species Index
The Threatened Species Index is a critical tool for measuring and understanding Australia’s biodiversity trends. To strengthen and expand its capabilities, the TSX recently held ...
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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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TERN Vegetation Carbon Isoscape gains global attention
TERN’s first-of-its-kind map of plant carbon isotopes is gaining international recognition.
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A Century of Watching the Bush Come Back: separating the effects of grazing from climate variability through long-term monitoring
In the harsh, sun-baked country 400 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, something remarkable has been quietly unfolding for nearly a century. Behind a simple fence on ...
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The Blue Mountains Hub for Ecology and Conservation
Realtime sensor networks for measurement of plant performance Background The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area constitutes one of largest tracts of protected bushland in ...
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Partnering with Indigenous land managers to monitor critical indicators of environmental change in coastal wetlands
TERN staff travelled to coastal wetland sites in north Queensland this year to reconnect with local partners, collect data, and plan new collaborations with Indigenous ...
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Earthwatch and TERN forge landmark partnership to strengthen Australia’s environmental monitoring
TERN has formalised a strategic collaboration with the environmental research charity Earthwatch Australia to drive innovative approaches to environmental monitoring, citizen science, and ecosystem stewardship. ...
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Director’s Update – December 2024
Welcome to our Summer 2024 newsletter! Highlights from TERN 2024 include release of a pilot Threatened Frog Index; unravelling groundwater dependent ecosystems; and working with Indigenous Rangers ...
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Indigenous Environmental Histories and Futures – new centre launched
Partnering with the new Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Environmental Histories and Futures is an opportunity for TERN to demonstrate the values on which it ...
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