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Director’s Update, November 2025
5What an incredible week it’s been! I’ve just returned from ESA25 in Adelaide, and I’m still buzzing from the energy and passion our ecosystem science ...
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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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TERN’s Regional Ambassadors: your local connection to Australia’s Ecosystem Observatory
Ever wondered who to contact about TERN in your state or territory? Or curious about what’s happening with ecosystem monitoring around Australia? Meet TERN’s Regional ...
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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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Director’s Update, October 2025
Take the survey on the 2026 National Infrastructure Roadmap Consultation by 1 December.
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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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The Connected Atmosphere: exploring flux dynamics from forest floor to upper atmosphere
The atmosphere we breathe is shaped by constant exchanges of matter and energy across every layer.
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From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source
New findings published in Nature reveal that the aboveground biomass in Australia’s tropical forests now releases more carbon than it absorbs.
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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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