BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Waite Campus - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thewaite.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Waite Campus REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20230401T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20230930T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20240406T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20241005T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20250405T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20251004T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20260404T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20261003T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20270403T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20271002T163000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20261007T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20261007T163000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155808 CREATED:20260928T103011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T103017Z UID:31499-1791387000-1791390600@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN Webinar - October: Seeing our vegetation change - why LiDAR time series matter for Australia’s future DESCRIPTION:TERN Webinar: \nSeeing our vegetation change – why LiDAR time series matter for Australia’s future\nFrom the TERN Webinar registration page: \nVegetation canopies are among the most important indicators of ecosystem health\, carbon storage\, biodiversity and landscape resilience. Yet understanding how they change over time requires more than a snapshot. We need to measure structure repeatedly\, consistently and at multiple scales – from individual trees and vegetation plots to whole landscapes and continents. \n \n Register HERE URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-webinar-october-seeing-our-vegetation-change-why-lidar-time-series-matter-for-australias-future/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260805T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260805T153000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20260720T142734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T142736Z UID:31021-1785940200-1785943800@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN Webinar: Who gets to tell the story? The challenges and opportunities for ensuring the science gets heard DESCRIPTION:From the TERN Webinar registration page: \nEvery day\, decisions are being made about which nature stories reach the public. A radio producer chooses which scientist gets airtime. A media broker decides which expert to pitch to journalists. A researcher becomes a content-creator and bypasses both\, but has to build an audience from scratch. Each faces the same underlying question from a different angle: is important science getting heard? \nAs Australia’s ecosystems face mounting pressure from climate change and habitat degradation\, the researchers and practitioners tracking these changes need their findings to reach the right people – the public\, policymakers\, conservation groups and other scientists. But getting good science in front of an audience isn’t just a matter of clear writing. It’s shaped by who picks up the phone\, who gets a callback and who never gets asked at all. \nIn this webinar\, three people who sit at very different points in that pipeline pull back the curtain on how it actually works. \nA radio broadcaster\, who must decide which stories and voices reach mainstream audiences. A science communication broker\, who matches researchers with media opportunities. A science blogger/content creator\, who has sidestepped the gatekeepers altogether\, trading the problem of being chosen for the harder problem of being found. \nTogether\, TERN’s August webinar speakers unpack the incentives\, biases\, and trade-offs behind nature communication in 2026 and what researchers can do to make sure their work doesn’t just get published\, but actually reaches the people who need to hear it. \n \n Register HERE URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-webinar-who-gets-to-tell-the-story-the-challenges-and-opportunities-for-ensuring-the-science-gets-heard/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:TERN,Visiting Speaker Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260603T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260603T153000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20260602T002421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T002427Z UID:30717-1780497000-1780500600@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN Webinar – Australia’s Environmental Data Mosaic: from complexity to national advantage DESCRIPTION:You are invited to TERN’s upcoming webinar: \nAustralia’s Environmental Data Mosaic: from complexity to national advantage \nWednesday\, 3 June 2026; 2:30 PM in Adelaide \nAustralia’s environmental evidence is expanding faster than our ability to assemble it. Satellites\, sensors\, ranger programs\, Defence monitoring and research infrastructures are generating unprecedented data. But fragmentation means critical insights remain locked in silos. \nMajor national decisions now depend on rapid\, trusted environmental intelligence. From the upcoming State of the Environment Report to Defence estate stewardship\, disaster‑risk planning and state land management\, organisations need data that is findable\, interoperable and ready for use at scale. \nThe cost of inaction is rising. Without a connected environmental data ecosystem\, Australia risks slower responses\, weaker accountability and missed opportunities to build sovereign capability in environmental intelligence. \nThis webinar brings together three speakers to confront a central question: how do we turn a fragmented environmental data landscape into a connected\, resilient\, national‑scale capability that serves reporting\, operations and long‑term stewardship? If you care about the long-term health of Australia’s land and the institutions that steward it\, this is a conversation you will not want to miss. \n \n Register HERE URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-webinar-australias-environmental-data-mosaic-from-complexity-to-national-advantage/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260204T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260204T160000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20251215T071241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T101046Z UID:29814-1770217200-1770220800@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN bi-monthly webinar: Lifelines in the Desert – the critical role of oases in biodiversity and heritage DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Across Australia’s vast drylands (and those of other continents)\, springs and oases emerge as remarkable lifelines\, tiny fragments of the landscape that have critical ecological and cultural significance. These natural discharge points of aquifers create biodiversity hotspots in otherwise inhospitable terrain\, serving as critical refuges for unique flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth. Beyond their ecological importance\, desert springs have been essential to human survival\, health and cultural heritage for millennia. They provide windows into the hidden dynamics of aquifer systems that sustain life across the world’s arid regions. Yet these precious ecosystems rank amongst the most threatened on the planet\, facing pressures from aquifer drawdown\, spring extinctions\, invasive species\, and direct human modification.  URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-bi-monthly-webinar/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20251001T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20251001T160000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20250926T054042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T104406Z UID:29269-1759330800-1759334400@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN webinar: Ecosystem Processes and Atmospheric Chemistry DESCRIPTION:You are invited to TERN’s upcoming webinar:  \nEcosystem Processes & Atmospheric Chemistry \nWednesday\, 1 October 2025\, 15:00 – 16:00 AEST \nAtmospheric chemistry serves as a fundamental bridge linking air quality\, climate dynamics\, and ecosystem health across Australia’s diverse landscapes. Australia’s unique position as a continental landmass surrounded by oceans creates distinct atmospheric chemistry patterns that influence bushfire behaviour\, dust transport\, and marine-terrestrial ecosystem interactions. The seasonal movement of air masses brings nutrients from distant sources\, connecting remote ecosystems through atmospheric pathways that span thousands of kilometres. \nUnderstanding these atmospheric-ecosystem connections is essential for effective environmental management and climate adaptation strategies. As Australia faces increasing pressures from urbanisation\, agricultural intensification\, and climate change\, atmospheric chemistry monitoring provides critical insights for protecting biodiversity hotspots\, managing air quality\, and predicting ecosystem responses to environmental stressors. \nJoin us to learn more. For example\, isotopes\, the special “fingerprints” of water molecules can be used to better understand how forests and other ecosystems use water. And tiny aerosol particles can change local atmospheric chemistry and impact regional air quality and climate. \n \n Register HERE URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-webinar-ecosystem-processes-and-atmospheric-chemistry/ LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Australia CATEGORIES:TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20250507T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20250507T160000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20250408T003325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T003327Z UID:28030-1746630000-1746633600@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN webinar: Invasive Species vs Threatened Species DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-webinar-invasive-species-vs-threatened-species/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20250214T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20250214T113000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20250208T104113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250208T104114Z UID:27672-1739527200-1739532600@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN presents: For the love of soils Seminar DESCRIPTION:Love soil science? Join us for a ‘For the love of Soil’ Valentine’s Day Soils Seminar! \nWe will be hosting Soil Scientists from The University of Sydney\, who will share their research on soil microbiology\, soil mapping and monitoring and future collaborations with the TERN soil archive. \nWhen: Friday\, 14th February | 10:00 am – 11:30 pmWhere: McLeod Lecture Theatre\, Charles Hawker BuildingWhat: Presentations by Quentin Styc and Peipei Xue\, followed by morning tea\, and meet & greet! \n\nQuentin Styc is a soil scientist specialising in digital soil mapping\, soil monitoring\, and soil security. He earned his PhD in digital soil mapping for available water capacity to improve irrigation in Southern France and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sydney. His recent work assesses human impact on soil using mapping techniques to distinguish preserved and disturbed areas. Beyond research\, he is committed to making soil science accessible through presentations and social media\, promoting awareness of soil as a finite resource and its role in environmental stability.\nPeipei Xue’s research interest is in soil microbial diversity\, including bacteria fungi\, and viruses. She studies soil microbial community structure along soil profiles and microbial distribution patterns at the regional and continental scales. Leveraging metagenomic and molecular techniques\, she explores the links between soil microbial diversity and essential soil functions\, such as carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling.\nBudiman Minasny is a Professor in soil-landscape modelling at the University of Sydney. He is the theme leader of Soil\, Carbon\, and Water at Sydney Institute of Agriculture. He is a soil scientist\, previously awarded the QEII and the Future Fellowships from the Australian Research Council. He is passionate about the role of soil in managing climate change\, food\, water\, energy security\, and maintaining biodiversity. He has more than 160 international journal publications and is recognised as a leader in digital soil mapping and modelling\, details in https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/budiman-minasny.html.\n\nPlease RSVP by Thursday\, 13th February (C.O.B.) to Luke Finn (luke.finn@adelaide.edu.au) reserve your spot and to assist with catering! URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-presents-for-the-love-of-soils-seminar/ LOCATION:Charles Hawker McLeod Lecture Theatre\, Waite Rd\, Urrbrae\, SA\, 5064 CATEGORIES:Soils Seminar Series,TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20241106T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20241106T170000 DTSTAMP:20261023T155809 CREATED:20241028T055059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T055223Z UID:27088-1730907000-1730912400@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN webinar: Drought – challenges of monitoring and measuring DESCRIPTION:Drought is one of the most urgent consequences of global climate change\, with profound impacts. But what do we mean by drought? Several types are recognised: meteorological\, hydrological\, agricultural\, socioeconomic\, and ecological. \n Ecological drought is a deficit in available water. This deficit drives ecosystem processes beyond their thresholds of vulnerability and impacts ecosystem services. It can reduce plant productivity; increase fire and insect outbreaks; change carbon\, nutrient\, and water cycling rates; change plant and animal community composition; and contribute to local species extinctions. \nUnder climate change\, ecosystems are experiencing novel drought regimes\, often in combination with other stressors that reduce resilience and amplify drought’s impacts. Consequently\, drought appears increasingly likely to push systems beyond important physiological and ecological thresholds. Substantial changes in ecosystem characteristics that persist long after drought ends will result in ecosystem transformation. \nIn TERN’s final 2024 Webinar\, our speakers give 3 intriguing insights into ecological drought research. Hear about the basis for predictions of mega-droughts; measurements of carbon\, water and energy cycling in Australian ecosystems; and an investigation of the nature of drought-related data being gathered across continents for global research. \n \n REGISTER HERE URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-webinar-drought-challenges-of-monitoring-and-measuring/ LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Australia CATEGORIES:TERN,What's what @ Waite END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR