TESS @TESSJCU
Research Centre which addresses issues of sustainability science and sustainable development across the tropical world jcu.edu.au/tess Cairns, North Queensland Joined February 2013-
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We are running an online survey to collect photos/videos of the devastating ex-tropical Cyclone Jasper flooding. It only takes 5 minutes to complete and the information will be used for mapping, checking flood model predictions and planning evacuation routes. The survey is…
Join us on Wednesday 25 October at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar, it's the last seminar of the year. We cant wait to hear Professor Darren Crayn, Australian Tropical Herbarium - James Cook University, speak on: TroMPS (Tropical Mountain Plant Science) – a science and ex…
Join us on Wednesday 18 October at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We cant wait to hear Professor Lin Schwarzkopf, JCU speak on: Working with Ecoacoustic Data – What have we learned? *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links,…
Join us on TUESDAY 10 October at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We cant wait to hear Professor Rebecca Ostertag University of Hawaii speak on: Using plant functional traits to design forest restoration: an example of hybrid ecosystem restoration in an invaded Hawaiian lowland wet…
Join us on Wednesday 11 October at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We cant wait to hear Dr Katharina Nargar, ATH & National Research Collections Australia (CSIRO) speak on: Collection genomic insights into the evolution and conservation of Australia’s rich and highly endemic orchid…
Join us on Wednesday 4 October at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We cant wait to hear Stanislav Lhota University of Life Sciences (Prague, Czech Republic) speak on: The best city in the world: will the proboscis monkeys and other wildlife survive in the new Indonesia capital?…
Join us on Wednesday 20 September at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Emeritus Professor Helene Marsh (JCU) speak on: Interactions between Dugong Biology and the Biophysical Determinants of Their Environment. *Live streamed on Zoom and…
TESSian Alex Chessman and team have recently published this paper, you can read it here: sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S00489…
Join us on Wednesday 13 September at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Prof Kim Calders (CAVElab - computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology | GHENT University) speak on: Seeing forests in a new light: virtual forests through 3D laser…
TESSian Kali Middleby and team have recently published two fascinating papers, you can read them here: nature.com/articles/s4158… and here: academic.oup.com/treephys/artic…
Join us on Wednesday 6 September at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear A/Prof Karen Joyce (JCU) speak on: The global benefits of a circular drone data economy. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the…
TESSian Jayden Engert and team have recently had published two insightful papers, you can read them here: bit.ly/45pV4Kq and here: bit.ly/45Kf0at
Join us on Wednesday 30 August at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Prof Leonida Fusani (University of Vienna) speak on: The quest for the aesthetic value of courtship displays. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS…
Join us on Wednesday 23 August at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Prof James Watson (UQ) speak on: The need for bold nature retention targets to drive effective biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene. *Live streamed on Zoom and…
Join us on Wednesday 16 August at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Prof Susan Laurance (TESS/JCU) & Kali Middleby (PhD candidate) speak on: Research priorities for adapting forest restoration to future climate change *Live streamed on Zoom…
Join us on Wednesday 9 August at 4pm (AEST) for our seminar. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Rachel Walshe (PhD Candidate at JCU) speak on: Urban school gardens de-escalating environmental amnesia *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website…
TESSian Dr Paul Nelson and team have #published a #book, you can read the first chapter and purchase it here: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-…
Join us on Wednesday 26 July 4pm (AEST) for our first seminar of the new semester. We are LIVE in Cairns and cant wait to hear Environmentalist Steven Nowakowski speak on: What are the impacts of poorly planned industrial scaled renewable projects in QLD and what are the…

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