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World’s first global vegetation database

An international research team has produced the world’s first global vegetation database. Containing over 1.1 million complete lists of plant species for all terrestrial ecosystems, ...
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TERN at ESA18

With this year’s Ecological Society of Australia conference kicking off at the end of November, it’s high-time to showcase all the TERN related events happening ...
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Harvesting virtual forests

Forests store more carbon than any other above-ground ecosystem on the planet. Just how much, though, is hard to know without cutting them down. Enter ...
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Australia’s newest weed

All that glitters is not gold when it comes to Australia’s newest weed. The previously unrecorded species of clover, found during TERN’s survey of Australia’s ...
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‘Kyoto Statement’ on Asia-Pacific actions on SDGs

163 representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region, including TERN Australia, have committed to an ambitious action statement on achieving the global targets set by the ...
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Drought’s impact on the environment

Researchers are using TERN’s long-term landscape monitoring sites to take part in a landmark global experiment that investigates ecosystem response to drought. The experiment’s findings ...
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ecocloud is here!

The first version of the ecocloud Platform was officially launched on 26 September 2018. It provides an online platform giving researchers easy access to large ...
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People using TERN: Renée Marchin

As forecasts of almost no snow in Australia by 2050 send shockwaves through the snow sports community, Dr Renée Marchin is keeping her cool and ...
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Dry, drier… Repeat environmental surveys deliver detailed drought data

More than 100 TERN Ecosystem Surveillance plots have now been sampled multiple times. The open data from these plots allow researchers to better understand how ...
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2018/19 Australian Climate and Water Summer Institute

Quick! Applications for competitive fellowship grants to participate in the TERN-supported 2018 Australian Climate and Water Summer Institute are closing soon. This prestigious six-week event ...
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