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Australia’s Environment in 2022
Australia experienced a momentous year for water availability and plant growth in 2022, but climate change, habitat destruction, and invasive species remain major threats to ...
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Do you use or want Leaf Area Index data? Please let us know
To ensure that TERN delivers in-demand data and that our NCRIS grant is spent in the most efficient way possible, we’re consulting with our users ...
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Investigating carbon, water and energy fluxes in agricultural systems of Australia and New Zealand
New science using TERN assesses the impact land management intensity has on carbon stocks and flow, plant water use and heat stress. Read the results ...
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Centre Spotlight: Environmental Futures Research Institute
In March we’re featuring Griffith University’s Environmental Futures Research Institute and research that’s developing solutions to facilitate clean, resilient and sustainable futures, and improved health ...
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Cosmic help for down-to-Earth environmental monitoring
TERN and its partners are developing a revolutionary soil moisture information system, which will help land managers better monitor drought, predict bushfires and floods and ...
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Liveability for all on our urban fringes
NCRIS-enabled projects AURIN and TERN are delivering data and analysis tools to support research and planning for more sustainable urban environments. Explore the free urban ...
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Ghost Trees
A unique art exhibition was held in February 2020 that explored the creative possibilities of Big Data on the environment. Ghost Trees uses environmental laser ...
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Safeguarding national research infrastructure from extreme events
How can environmental research infrastructure providers, including TERN and its field-based NCRIS siblings, limit the damage extreme events have on sensors and other globally important ...
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CO₂ sink to source: Arid Australia’s climate and rainfall driven tipping points
New science using NCRIS-enabled TERN research infrastructure improves our understanding of the amount of rain our arid ecosystems need before they switch from being carbon ...
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Essential environmental data rise from the ashes
Automated sensors and detailed field surveys give scientists an unprecedented understanding of post-fire recovery and resilience of the Australian environment. While our country reels from ...
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