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Imagine if each soil type had a barcode. You could scan the soil in your backyard and find out why the leaves on your lemon ...

TERN’s Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia undertaking soil sampling in northern Queensland (photo courtesy of Rebecca Bartley) How can private, industry and government investment in northern Australia ...

Illustrations of fire severity index classes where: (A) Class 1, patchy (low severity); (B) Class 1 (low severity); (C) Class 2 (moderate severity); (D) Class ...

TERN’s Ecosystem Modelling and Scaling Infrastructure (eMAST) is supporting ecosystem research in northern Australia through its engagement in a number of landmark carbon and water ...

Australian Ecological Knowledge and Observation System (ӔKOS V1.1.0) map of site data holdings in northern Australia as of February 2014, data from the Northern Territory ...

TERN’s AusPlots survey team, more used to the arid deserts of central Australia and the tall eucalypt forests of the south, is shifting its focus ...

Bird’s-eye view of a prescribed burn The frequency and intensity of disturbances in northern Australia, such as cyclones and fires, have profound effects on ecosystem ...

The North Australian Tropical Transect (NATT) traverses Australia’s tropical savanna biome from the Northern Territory coast (cf. 1700 mm annual rainfall) south to the end ...

Knowing the amount of biomass contained in Australia’s northern ecosystems allows us to estimate current carbon stocks and more accurately describe how this region contributes ...

What will happen to Kakadu’s wetlands under projected sea level rise? How will they cope with the increased saltwater intrusion? TERN’s Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility ...