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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 14h

📊 Will you be at #IDW2025 in Brisbane? Join us at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre for our talks on #environmental data!

Workshop Session - 11:30am AEST
Presentation Session - 4:30pm AEST

TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 1d

🤝 Check out our poster session at #IDW2025 on, 'Harmonising Ecological Data Through Structured Vocabulary Management: The TERN Approach'.

Learn about our comprehensive controlled vocabulary management system to address interoperability challenges in ecological data across Australia.

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 2d

🐊 TERN staff travelled to coastal #wetland sites in north Queensland this year to reconnect with local partners, collect #data, and plan new collaborations with #Indigenous land managers.

Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/partner...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 3d

🛰️ Join our hybrid event, co-hosted by TERN & QCIF at International Data Week in Brisbane.

🗓️ 17 October 2025

Engage with global experts to explore crucial strategies for managing digital objects aligned with Sustainable Development Goals.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-long-t...
#IDW2025

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 7d

📰 The latest TERN Director's Update is now available!

Explore our successful #ScienceSymposium, the Strategic Planning Workshop, TERN's participation in international conferences, and much more.

Discover the full update here: buff.ly/VxAAwnz
#NCRISimpact

TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 8d

👏 Thank you to our guest speakers Prof. Clare Murphy, Prof. David Noone, Prof. Gab Abramowitz, and Dr Ashok Luhar for their time and expert insights at our 'Ecosystem Processes & Atmospheric Chemistry' #webinar.

The recording will be available soon at: www.tern.org.au/webinars/

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 9d

🤝 TERN has formalised a strategic collaboration with the #environmentalresearch charity Earthwatch Australia to drive innovative approaches to environmental monitoring, #citizenscience, and ecosystem stewardship.

Discover more about our new partnership: www.tern.org.au/news/earthwa...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Join our #TERNwebinar on 'Ecosystem Processes & Atmospheric Chemistry'!

📅 Today, 3:00pm (AEST)

It provides critical insights for protecting biodiversity hotspots, managing air quality, and predicting ecosystem responses to environmental stressors.

Register now: uqz.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 10d

☁️ Meet the final speaker for our October #TERNwebinar!
Dr Ashok Luhar is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Environment and a leading authority on modelling atmospheric processes that influence #airquality and #climate chemistry.

Register now: uqz.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 11d

☁️ Meet the third speaker for our October #TERNwebinar!

Professor Gab Abramowitz is interested in models of natural systems and especially trying to understand when models are useful for making inferences about a natural system.

Register now: uqz.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 14d

👏 We're thrilled to announce that Nicholas Friedman has begun a new role as Associate Professor at @jcuofficial.bsky.social in tropical North Queensland, Australia, where he'll also be leading the #EcosystemProcesses team at TERN Australia.

Welcome to the team, Nicholas!

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 15d

☁️ Introducing @unimelb.bsky.social Prof. David Noone, our next expert for TERN's October #webinar!
He's perhaps most well-known for his expertise in modelling, observing & explaining isotopic composition of water in the atmosphere & on the landscape.

Register now: uqz.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 16d

We were proud to collaborate with experts from CSIRO, University of Western Australia, and Geoscience Australia on this expedition.

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 16d

🏆 A huge milestone!
The TERN team surveyed our 1000th field plot—a huge achievement in our mission to support ecosystem science across Australia.This occured in WA during a GEO-TREES field campaign, which provides high-accuracy ground data for satellite-derived biomass mapping.

Image credits: Alena Gerlek, Kirrily Blaylock and Carly Steen

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 16d

☁️ Meet the first speaker for our October #webinar!
Prof. Clare Murphy from the University of Wollongong is a leader in Clean Air #research. With a rich career in atmospheric chemistry, including work on ozone depletion & air quality, her insights are valuable!

Register: uqz.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 HURRY! In-person registrations end 25 September.

Join our hybrid event, co-hosted by TERN & QCIF at #IDW2025 in Brisbane. Engage with experts to explore crucial strategies for managing digital objects aligned with #SDGs.

Register now: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-long-t...

The Long-term Data Workflow from Creator to Re-user

How can this be managed best for future benefit for research and development of predictive tools

www.eventbrite.com.au

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 22d

TERN community – we want to hear from you!

👉 Take the 6-question survey on research needs and priorities now:: tern.short.gy/TERN-researc...

🎤 Or come along and have your say in-person about the future of ecosystem science.

Register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/drop-in-co...

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Threatened Species Index @aus-tsx.bsky.social · 23d

🐸 For today’s #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Pugh's Sphagnum Frog (Philoria pughi) found in far north-east NSW at mid-to-high elevations. They breed in spring and summer, and eggs are laid in a foam mass into water-filled breeding chambers in the ground!

📷 Jasmine Vink

#WildOz

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 23d

☁️ Save the date! Join us for our October TERN #webinar 'Ecosystem Processes & Atmospheric Chemistry'.

📅 Wednesday, 1 October 🕒 3pm (AEST)

Registrations and more information for our upcoming webinar will be available soon, so watch this space.

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 24d

🛰️ Join our hybrid event, co-hosted by TERN & QCIF at #IDW2025 in Brisbane.

🗓️ 17 October 2025

Engage with global experts to explore crucial strategies for managing digital objects aligned with Sustainable Development Goals. In-person spaces limited.

Register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-long-t...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · 29d

🏆 Exciting news!
Our UQ team has won a 2025 UQ Research Culture award during #UQResearchAndInnovation week. These awards celebrate outstanding staff contributions to enriching UQ's research environment across disciplines & career stages.

More info: research-support.uq.edu.au/uq-research-...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 Exciting opportunity at @westsyduhie.bsky.social! A #PostdoctoralFellowship in Forest Monitoring is open. Candidates need strong spatial data skills and experience with #lidar. The project aims to develop a roadmap for a national forest monitoring program.

Apply here: buff.ly/EEe8nEW

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · Sep 9

📸 Dr Zachary Amir, who leads TERN's camera trap initiative, is presenting the WildObs data portal at the 9th National NRM Knowledge Conference in Cairns. If you're at the conference, make sure to stop by and have a chat!

#NRMConf25 #EssentialNRM #cameratraps

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · Sep 8

🐨🌿🦎 Today is #ThreatenedSpeciesDay, a moment to ponder the past and prevent similar outcomes for Australia's native flora and fauna. Kudos to the @aus-tsx.bsky.social team for their continuous efforts in monitoring and data collection!

Share your data with the TSX: tsx.org.au/growing-the-...

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · Sep 5

🔍 #DataDiscovery | New Python Library!
TERN has recenlty launched terndata.flux – a lightweight #Python library designed to make working with TERN eddy covariance flux #data easier than ever!

Explore it now:
📦 PyPI: pypi.org/project/tern...
💻 GitHub: github.com/ternaustrali...

GitHub - ternaustralia/terndata.flux: Provides library function for easy access to flux data in TERN dap server

Provides library function for easy access to flux data in TERN dap server - ternaustralia/terndata.flux

github.com

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