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Savanna burning to save carbon emissions
November 1, 2012
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Example of burnt-area map for northern Australia made using MODIS data. The different colours indicate different days between 1 June and 15 September 2008, and grey ...
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Mapping fire severity in tropical savannas
November 1, 2012
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Australia’s tropical savannas cover approximately 25%, or 1.9 million km2, of the continent, spanning Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. During the dry season, ...
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Using Google to deliver spatial science
November 1, 2012
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Thanks to a new partnership between TERN, CSIRO and Google, detailed satellite imagery about Australian landscapes will soon be available through the Google Earth Engine. ...
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Australian fire patterns determined by tropical monsoons
November 1, 2012
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An area of alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) burnt and killed during the catastrophic fires in the Australian Alps in 2003 The pattern of bushfires in Australia ...
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Fire, giant eucalypts and the evolution of Australian forests
November 1, 2012
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It’s a truism that fire is a driver of ecosystem function, and indeed ecosystem evolution, in Australia. Yet it’s surprising how little we still understand ...
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Characterising fire in northern Australia
November 1, 2012
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Using AusCover’s data infrastructure, a new research project is helping to improve our understanding of the environmental variables that drive fire in northern Australia. After ...
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Ecology’s latest recruits: mobile citizens and their mobile phones
October 1, 2012
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Citizen science in South Australia takes an exciting step forward this month with the launch of the TREND program’s mobile app. The program, Transects for ...
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Discovering Australia’s ecosystem data: release of the TERN Data Discovery Portal
October 1, 2012
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‘This is a significant step towards making ecosystem data more accessible to the ecosystem science community,’ said TERN Director, Prof Tim Clancy, as he announced ...
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App turns soil data into information on the go
October 1, 2012
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People can get data and information on the soil they are standing on, thanks to an app developed by several national research organisations. The app, ...
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Rangelands survey school in Western Australia: field report
October 1, 2012
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Researchers and managers from all corners of the continent converged on the Great Western Woodlands Supersite this month, on Credo Station approximately 70 km from ...
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