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112 Posts in ‘Land & Terrain” Found
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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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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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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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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Satellite Eyes in the Sky: Revolutionary Method Detects Drought Stress Before It’s Too Late
A new space-based early detection system makes it possible to monitor vegetation drought stress while the vegetation is experiencing it.
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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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