TERN Australia
@tern-aus.bsky.social
NCRIS-enabled national observatory for Australian ecosystems, delivering infrastructure and data for environmental research and management. #NCRISimpact
https://www.tern.org.au/
https://www.tern.org.au/
🎤 Dr Eleanor Velasquez and Elisa Girola from TERN presented at #ESA2025. Eleanor discussed TERN's new education strategy and projects that integrate #ecosystemscience with creative practise and community engagement. Elisa introduced a new tutorial on #dataharmonization.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🎤 Dr Eleanor Velasquez and Elisa Girola from TERN presented at #ESA2025. Eleanor discussed TERN's new education strategy and projects that integrate #ecosystemscience with creative practise and community engagement. Elisa introduced a new tutorial on #dataharmonization.
🦎🐸 The @aus-tsx.bsky.social's article has just been published on @aunz.theconversation.com, providing an unprecedented nationwide overview of trends concerning Australia's threatened and endangered #reptiles and #amphibians!
Read here: theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
Read here: theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🦎🐸 The @aus-tsx.bsky.social's article has just been published on @aunz.theconversation.com, providing an unprecedented nationwide overview of trends concerning Australia's threatened and endangered #reptiles and #amphibians!
Read here: theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
Read here: theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
Reposted by TERN Australia
📰 Excited to share our article published just now in @aunz.theconversation.com, offering a first-of-its-kind national snapshot of trends for Australia’s threatened and near-threatened herpetofauna!
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do
Australia is home to many endangered reptiles and frogs. This national snapshot shows their numbers have dropped sharply. But it’s possible to reverse this trend.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📰 Excited to share our article published just now in @aunz.theconversation.com, offering a first-of-its-kind national snapshot of trends for Australia’s threatened and near-threatened herpetofauna!
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
🦎 At #ESA2025 conference today, Dr Geoff Heard from @aus-tsx.bsky.social emphasised how fortunate Australia is with respect to its reptile biodiversity, of which some are regretfully threatened. With his talk, Geoff officially launched Australia's first ever pilot Threatened Reptile Index!
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🦎 At #ESA2025 conference today, Dr Geoff Heard from @aus-tsx.bsky.social emphasised how fortunate Australia is with respect to its reptile biodiversity, of which some are regretfully threatened. With his talk, Geoff officially launched Australia's first ever pilot Threatened Reptile Index!
🦎 Calling all @ecolsocaus.bsky.social 2025 attendees! Be sure to catch Dr Geoff Heard's presentation on Australia's inaugral Threatened Reptile Index. Gain insights into early reptile trends and the essential datasets driving them!
Today at 4:15pm (ACDT) in Riverbank Rooms 6 & 7.
#ESA2025
Today at 4:15pm (ACDT) in Riverbank Rooms 6 & 7.
#ESA2025
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
🦎 Calling all @ecolsocaus.bsky.social 2025 attendees! Be sure to catch Dr Geoff Heard's presentation on Australia's inaugral Threatened Reptile Index. Gain insights into early reptile trends and the essential datasets driving them!
Today at 4:15pm (ACDT) in Riverbank Rooms 6 & 7.
#ESA2025
Today at 4:15pm (ACDT) in Riverbank Rooms 6 & 7.
#ESA2025
🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Threatened Species Index! The latest #data indicate that #threatenedspecies and #nearthreatenedspecies in Australia have declined by an average of 75% since 1985.
View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Threatened Species Index! The latest #data indicate that #threatenedspecies and #nearthreatenedspecies in Australia have declined by an average of 75% since 1985.
View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
📣 Attention @ecolsocaus.bsky.social 2025 attendees!
Be sure to stop by the TERN booth and have a chat with our friendly staff. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our exciting work!
#ESA2025
Be sure to stop by the TERN booth and have a chat with our friendly staff. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our exciting work!
#ESA2025
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📣 Attention @ecolsocaus.bsky.social 2025 attendees!
Be sure to stop by the TERN booth and have a chat with our friendly staff. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our exciting work!
#ESA2025
Be sure to stop by the TERN booth and have a chat with our friendly staff. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our exciting work!
#ESA2025
🥂 The @ecolsocaus.bsky.social 2025 welcome reception was a fabulous opportunity for far-flung TERN people to catch up at the iconic Oval, from Townsville (Sam Monroe), Adelaide (Nikki Francis) and Brisbane (Ella Dewilde and Sandra McEwan).
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🥂 The @ecolsocaus.bsky.social 2025 welcome reception was a fabulous opportunity for far-flung TERN people to catch up at the iconic Oval, from Townsville (Sam Monroe), Adelaide (Nikki Francis) and Brisbane (Ella Dewilde and Sandra McEwan).
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
Reposted by TERN Australia
We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Threatened Species Index! The latest data indicate that threatened and near-threatened species in Australia have declined by an average of 75% since 1985. View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Threatened Species Index! The latest data indicate that threatened and near-threatened species in Australia have declined by an average of 75% since 1985. View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
NCRIS Directors from TERN, ANFF, HIA, NIF, Australian Phenomics, AAL and AURIN (not in photo) caught up at CRA’s 2025 National Innovation Policy Forum in Canberra today. Great talks and reflections on achieving greater impact from better alignment in the Innovation system.
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
NCRIS Directors from TERN, ANFF, HIA, NIF, Australian Phenomics, AAL and AURIN (not in photo) caught up at CRA’s 2025 National Innovation Policy Forum in Canberra today. Great talks and reflections on achieving greater impact from better alignment in the Innovation system.
📊 At #IDW2025 in Brisbane, a side event addressed long-term #datapreservation challenges, vital for TERN. Congratulations to Dr Alison Specht and attendees for talks on "Long-term data workflow". Looking forward to collaborating on a follow-up paper!
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📊 At #IDW2025 in Brisbane, a side event addressed long-term #datapreservation challenges, vital for TERN. Congratulations to Dr Alison Specht and attendees for talks on "Long-term data workflow". Looking forward to collaborating on a follow-up paper!
🐾 Happy #WorldWombatDay!
Did you know wombats use their tough, cartilage-rich butts for protection? When threatened, they dive into a burrow and block the entrance with their backside, making it hard for predators to attack them.
Did you know wombats use their tough, cartilage-rich butts for protection? When threatened, they dive into a burrow and block the entrance with their backside, making it hard for predators to attack them.
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🐾 Happy #WorldWombatDay!
Did you know wombats use their tough, cartilage-rich butts for protection? When threatened, they dive into a burrow and block the entrance with their backside, making it hard for predators to attack them.
Did you know wombats use their tough, cartilage-rich butts for protection? When threatened, they dive into a burrow and block the entrance with their backside, making it hard for predators to attack them.
🖥️ In 2025, TERN celebrates 15 years of environmental data collection with NCRIS support by launching a new Data Discovery Portal. This platform improves discovery, access, and reuse of #ecosystemdata.
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/tern-da...
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/tern-da...
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🖥️ In 2025, TERN celebrates 15 years of environmental data collection with NCRIS support by launching a new Data Discovery Portal. This platform improves discovery, access, and reuse of #ecosystemdata.
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/tern-da...
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/tern-da...
🌿 For those attending #BioCon25, mark your calendars!
Hear from our colleagues at the NEASA project, presenting on 30 October. Bringing together custodians, researchers and practitioners, to share knowledge to protect, conserve, and enhance our incredible #biodiversity.
Hear from our colleagues at the NEASA project, presenting on 30 October. Bringing together custodians, researchers and practitioners, to share knowledge to protect, conserve, and enhance our incredible #biodiversity.
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🌿 For those attending #BioCon25, mark your calendars!
Hear from our colleagues at the NEASA project, presenting on 30 October. Bringing together custodians, researchers and practitioners, to share knowledge to protect, conserve, and enhance our incredible #biodiversity.
Hear from our colleagues at the NEASA project, presenting on 30 October. Bringing together custodians, researchers and practitioners, to share knowledge to protect, conserve, and enhance our incredible #biodiversity.
🐦 Bird is the word!
From 20-26 October, BirdLife Australia is calling on all Australians to take part in this year’s #AussieBirdCount. Now in its 12th year, the Aussie Bird Count is one of Australia’s biggest & most beloved #citizenscience events.
Register at aussiebirdcount.org.au
From 20-26 October, BirdLife Australia is calling on all Australians to take part in this year’s #AussieBirdCount. Now in its 12th year, the Aussie Bird Count is one of Australia’s biggest & most beloved #citizenscience events.
Register at aussiebirdcount.org.au
October 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🐦 Bird is the word!
From 20-26 October, BirdLife Australia is calling on all Australians to take part in this year’s #AussieBirdCount. Now in its 12th year, the Aussie Bird Count is one of Australia’s biggest & most beloved #citizenscience events.
Register at aussiebirdcount.org.au
From 20-26 October, BirdLife Australia is calling on all Australians to take part in this year’s #AussieBirdCount. Now in its 12th year, the Aussie Bird Count is one of Australia’s biggest & most beloved #citizenscience events.
Register at aussiebirdcount.org.au
📸 In 1925, Prof. Theodore George Bentley Osborn from the University of Adelaide researched SA's degraded #rangelands due to grazing. He convinced Koonamore Station to allocate 390ha for study. Now, this #longterm data is available on TERN’s data portal.
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/a-centu...
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/a-centu...
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
📸 In 1925, Prof. Theodore George Bentley Osborn from the University of Adelaide researched SA's degraded #rangelands due to grazing. He convinced Koonamore Station to allocate 390ha for study. Now, this #longterm data is available on TERN’s data portal.
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/a-centu...
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/a-centu...
💡 Prof Lucas Cernusak, Prof Will Edwards, Dr Yoko Ishida and A/Prof Nick Friedman met with TERN's Director, Dr Beryl Morris, at the balmy FNQ Cairns campus of @jcuofficial.bsky.social, to discuss ideas for the future of TERN's SuperSite #ecosystemmonitoring across Australia.
October 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
💡 Prof Lucas Cernusak, Prof Will Edwards, Dr Yoko Ishida and A/Prof Nick Friedman met with TERN's Director, Dr Beryl Morris, at the balmy FNQ Cairns campus of @jcuofficial.bsky.social, to discuss ideas for the future of TERN's SuperSite #ecosystemmonitoring across Australia.
📊 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
Workshop Session - 11:30am AEST
Presentation Session - 4:30pm AEST
October 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
📊 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
Workshop Session - 11:30am AEST
Presentation Session - 4:30pm AEST
🤝 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.
Learn about our comprehensive controlled vocabulary management system to address interoperability challenges in ecological data across Australia.
October 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🤝 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.
Learn about our comprehensive controlled vocabulary management system to address interoperability challenges in ecological data across Australia.
🐊 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...
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/partner...
October 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🐊 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...
Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/partner...
🛰️ 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
🗓️ 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
October 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🛰️ 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
🗓️ 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
📰 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
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
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
📰 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
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
👏 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/
The recording will be available soon at: www.tern.org.au/webinars/
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
👏 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/
The recording will be available soon at: www.tern.org.au/webinars/
🤝 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...
Discover more about our new partnership: www.tern.org.au/news/earthwa...
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🤝 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...
Discover more about our new partnership: www.tern.org.au/news/earthwa...
📢 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...
📅 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...
September 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📢 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...
📅 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...