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Understanding cyclones and fires using satellites
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 ...
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March 1, 2014
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Northern Australia next stop in traverse of world’s key biomes
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 ...
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March 1, 2014
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Hives of activity across northern Australian SuperSites
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 ...
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March 1, 2014
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Helping plan for sea level rise in Kakadu
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 ...
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March 1, 2014
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Integrated catchment to coast planning in northern Australia
TERN’s Australian Centre for Ecological Analyses and Synthesis (ACEAS) facility currently has 26 groups working on challenges in northern Australia. These groups comprise ecosystem studies ...
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March 1, 2014
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Come one, come all: national workshops to strengthen ecosystem science
February has seen a hive of activity towards the Ecosystem Science Long-Term Plan (ESLTP), with town hall meetings rolling out across the country to enable ...
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February 14, 2014
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Wake-up call for science to embrace everyone’s knowledge
Collaboration isn’t always easy – something we here at TERN know only too well! But experience has shown that scientists working collaboratively can deliver better ...
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February 1, 2014
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Betting on bettongs, and a combo of statistics and ecology
While the outlook for those interested in biodiversity conservation in Australia is often grim, our book Biodiversity and environmental change: monitoring, challenges and direction does contain ...
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February 1, 2014
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Landmark book publication – Biodiversity and environmental change: monitoring, challenges and direction
Our new book is the result of a landmark data-gathering and writing project involving 84 contributing environmental professionals No matter how hard they might try, ...
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February 1, 2014
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Experience and science a winning combo in arid-lands monitoring
As any good grazier will tell you, you can’t look after your livestock properly unless you also look after what they eat. In Australia, that ...
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February 1, 2014
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