TERN Webinars
Ecosystem Observations: TERN's Bimonthly Webinar Series
Join hundreds of people from around the world who stay informed through TERN webinars. Immerse, participate and learn from the experts as they present and discuss the latest ecosystem research, data, and conservation technology.
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The next TERN webinar
The next TERN Webinar is at 3pm AEST on Wednesday 1 May 2024.
The webinar topic will be Australia’s Coastal Ecosystems – how are we monitoring them?
The latest available TERN webinar
6 March 2024 – Ensuring a net zero future and protecting Australia’s biodiversity.
Speakers: Tanya Doody, Peter Isaac and Chris Cosgrove.
2023
Ecosystem Observations Webinars
1 November 2023
Dr David Gwyther, (The University of Queensland)
Sam Provost (Australian National University)
Dr Rebecca Farrington (AuScope Ltd)
6 September 2023
Professor Adrienne Nicotra (Australian National University)
Professor Catherine Pickering (Griffith University)
Associate Professor Gwendolyn Peyre (Australian National University)
Professor Mark Hovenden (University of Tasmania)
Dr Jeronimo Vazquez-Ramirez (Deakin University)
3 May 2023
Professor Alan Andersen FAA (Charles Darwin University)
Dr Matthew Lott (Australian Museum)
Professor Simon Robson (Central Queensland University)
1 March 2023
Professor Arko Lucieer (Remote Sensing – University of Tasmania)
Assoc Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou (Marine Science – Deakin University)
Assoc Prof Karen Joyce (Earth and Environmental Science – James Cook University)
2022
Ecosystem Observations Webinars
2 November 2022
Natasha Cadenhead (UQ), Adjunct Professor Mike Grundy, (TERN Specialist Advisor; Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists; Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney) & Professor Hugh Possingham, (TERN Advisory Board Chair; Professor, University of Queensland)
7 September 2022
Dr Emma Spencer (WWF-Australia), Dr Myles Menz (JCU), Allyson Marpartida (CDU) & Assoc Prof Susan Fuller (QUT)
2 March 2022
Dist. Prof. Belinda Medlyn, Prof. Glenda Wardle & Dr Alistair Hobday
2021
The Lyn Beazley AO 2021 Ecosystem Observations Webinar Series
1 December 2021
Eloise Nation, Dr Tim McVicar & Assoc. Prof. Sally Thompson
6 October 2021
Dr Dan Metcalfe, Dr Xihua Yang & Dr Tim Wardlaw
4 August 2021
Prof. Andy Pitman, Dr Ivan Hanigan & Prof. Lauren Rickards
2 June 2021
Dr Ian Cresswell, Dr Anna Richards and Prof. Lindsay Hutley.
7 April 2021
Dr Michelle Heupel, Dr Elisa Bayraktarov & Sharon Tickell.
Other Webinars
17 August 2021
A National Science Week event with Prof. Graciela Metternicht discussing how satellite info can solve Earth’s mysteries.
11 February 2021
Associate Professor Ben Sparrow, the Lead of TERN’s Ecosystem Surveillance platform, provides an update on the highlights and challenges of 2020 and a preview of the team’s plans for 2021. The webinar includes a brief introduction to TERN, its ecosystem surveillance monitoring infrastructure platform, and a summary of the work of the sub-teams within the group including research and development, field, technical, operations and communication.
OzFlux Ecosystem Exchange Webinar Series
18 August 2021
Estimating ecosystem respiration from flux tower and chamber data: insights from Cumberland Plain.
Dr Peter Isaac and Prof. Elise Pendall
4 May 2021
The ecological processes that shape Australia’s ecosystems.
Dr Jamie Cleverly
4 March 2021
Bioenergy crop fluxes and an a-maize-ing conundrum.
Dr Caitlin Moore
2020
Ecosystem Observations Webinars
4 November 2020
Standardising environmental information collection: harmonising Australia’s approaches
Assoc. Prof. Ben Sparrow, Dr Sandra Walpole & Dr Teresa Eyre.
2 September 2020
Introducing TERN’s Queensland SuperSites and using TERN flux tower and satellite-derived data to improve evapotranspiration and groundcover modelling
Assoc. Prof. Will Edwards & Jo Owens,
1 July 2020
Effectively linking Australian Government with industry environmental monitoring using research infrastructure and research
Prof. Stuart Phinn, Dr Peter Scarth & Alexis McIntyre
OzFlux 20th Anniversary Conference
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of OzFlux—the TERN-supported Australian and New Zealand eddy-covariance flux research community. This virtual conference celebrated and reflected on the achievements of OzFlux and its contributions to global flux science. It also examined lessons learnt and the future contribution of flux data to ecosystem forecasting capabilities.
