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 accessible here: forms.fillout.com/t/pxuptPxP…

The 14th #TESS retreat was once again a huge occasion for students, staff and adjunct researchers from the @jcu College of Science and Engineering to meet in Cairns, and discuss our research. TESS research addresses important environmental changes in the Tropics associated with climate and land use change from a range of disciplinary perspectives making it the most multidisciplinary research centre at JCU. At TESS we create critical mass from a range of disciplines that challenges the attendees to broaden their perspectives and become more interdisciplinary in their thinking. Our talks ranged from leaf chemistry and function to elephants as ecological engineers. This year PhD student Emma Carmichael won the best 3 min talk – with her research on elevational gradients and the distribution of nursery frogs in the #WetTropics. This year we heard how one of our flagship programs into #invasivespecies has now blossomed into their own research Centre for #Biosecurity, and that TESS Director Prof Bill Laurance and TESS Coordinator Dr Yoko Ishida are stepping down from their roles after a decade of service and their hosting of >300 #seminars. TESS has had a significant contribution to the research culture of JCU and we look forward to what our 15th year will bring us in #2024

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 conservation initiative for climate-threatened cloud forest flora. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars *START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 forest. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 diversity. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST) S

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? *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

TESSian Alex Chessman and team have recently published this paper, you can read it here: sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0…

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 measurements. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

TESSian Kali Middleby and team have recently published two fascinating papers, you can read them here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… and here: academic.oup.com/treephys/ar…

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 streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

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 for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

Join us on Wednesday 2 August at 4pm (AEST) for our #seminar. We are LIVE in #Cairns and cant wait to hear A/Prof Conrad Hoskin (JCU) speak on: Exciting #species discoveries in Queensland’s rainforests and what they tell us about the past, present and future. *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)

TESSian Dr Paul Nelson and team have #published a #book, you can read the first chapter and purchase it here: cambridgescholars.com/produc…

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 options? *Live streamed on Zoom and YouTube. *Please visit the TESS website for the streaming links, abstract and speaker bio: jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars * START TIME 4pm (AEST)