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Read more at: Listening from afar: a hands-off approach to monitoring biodiversity

Sarab Sethi and colleague in the forest canopy

Listening from afar: a hands-off approach to monitoring biodiversity

14 September 2022

A new, hands-off approach to monitoring biodiversity is saving time and money, and helping to identify sites where intervention is most needed. Close your eyes and imagine the sounds on a busy city street. Now imagine the sounds in a forest. Even if you can’t identify specific noises in the mix, the overall sound has...

Read more at: Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset carbon emissions

Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset carbon emissions

4 January 2022

Planting trees and suppressing wildfires does not necessarily maximise the carbon storage of natural ecosystems. A new study , published by Dr Adam Pellegrini, Head of the Department's Disturbance Ecology and Ecosystem Function Group , has found that prescribed burning can actually lock in or increase carbon in the soils...