PhD candidate @westsyduhie /Hawksbury Institute for the Environment (HIE)
New South Wales, Australia
Joined June 2019
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Sia is battling a rare and aggressive brain tumor and urgently needs surgery. His family needs support during this critical time.
Please donate if you can, and share widely 🙏❤️
#HelpSia #Fundraiser #CancerSupport
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This world doesn’t need more war.
It needs more compassion, more truth, more love.
No flag is worth more than a life.
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If you're on the NSW north coast and care about forests, come join us in Bellingen this Sunday.
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🌏 New research in #Nature reveals how the globally unprecedented 2019–2020 Australian megafires impacted plant and animal species.
Led by Deakin University and supported by Western Sydney University researchers, the study involved 100+ scientists who brought together data on 1,300+ animal and plant species - the world’s largest dataset of biodiversity responses after a single fire season.
Co-author Associate Professor Rachael Nolan, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment and Director, NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre, highlighted that the study found populations of some species declined, while other species became more common after the fire.
“Species responses to fire depend on the fire regime, that is, how frequent, severe or widespread a fire is. Some species are more resilient than others. This research shows that the severe drought in the lead up to the Black Summer fires, also shaped species responses.”
Read the paper: tinyurl.com/2p9uyjsn
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Congratulations to Dr. Juergen Knauer and the bigleaf team for winning the 2024 ARDC Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology! 🎉 @ARDC_AU @westsyduhie
#Ecology #OpenSource #ClimateScience #EcosystemResearch #ARDC
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The @BiologiaUB has conferred a great honour upon @westernsydu, Dist. Prof. @b_medlyn this week with an honorary doctorate in recognition of exceptional achievement, research excellence and scientific leadership. Congratulations Belinda!
#UniBarcelona
#HonorisUB | 🎓 L’ecòloga Belinda Medlyn, investida doctora honoris causa per la #UniBarcelona
El padrí, Santi Sabaté, de @BiologiaUB, ha destacat la seva contribució a comprendre i modelitzar millor les respostes de la vegetació en els escenaris derivats del canvi climàtic.
🗣️ «Encara que Catalunya i el sud d’Austràlia estan a mig món de distància física, en l’espai climàtic es troben just al costat: tant Barcelona com Adelaida tenen climes mediterranis càlids i secs», ha explicat Medlyn.
La sequera a Austràlia el 2017 la va fer adonar que el «futur» del qual parlava des de feia vint anys ja havia arribat.
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@westernsydneyu Distinguished Profs @b_medlyn and @Prof_Braj_Singh, both elected as Fellows of the Academy in 2023, will be officially inducted and present their research at #ShineDome24 next week
The event will be livestreamed on the @Science_Academy website.
Totally agree! Even during your PhD, a small pause can make a big difference. Find your moments to recharge!
We often wait until we reach the threshold of complete exhaustion to take a break.
Here's a reminder to look out for cues from your mind and body telling you to slow down, and most importantly, listen to them.💚
#AcademicTwitter @PhDMindfulness @ThePhDPlace
Image: @lizandmollie
ALT This is an illustration by @lizandmollie. In it, we see a curved progress bar stretching from left to right. The left end of the curve is labelled 'thriving' and the right end is labelled 'barely surviving'. At the left-side of the curve, the progress bar is a bright green and this color gradually transitions to bright red towards the 'barely surviving' end. At the top of the curve, at a point closer to the left 'thriving' side, well before the green transitions to red, there's a point labelled 'When we need a break'. On the right-hand side, just a little above the 'barely surviving' corner, is another point labelled 'When we actually take a break'. The image highlights key moments when recognizing and taking breaks are crucial for well-being.
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It was a full schedule of presenters from the our Centre yesterday afternoon at the Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference #FBF2024. Great to share our knowledge on early detection and suppression with other experts in Bushfires!
#Research #Wildfires #BuildingFireResilience
Check this fascinating study investigates the impact of extreme drough and severe fire on tree mortality and regeneration in temperate eucalypt forests of Southeastern Australia:
doi.org/10.1111/geb.13842
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Congratulations to @Rachael_H_Nolan on receiving a 2023 Early Career Award from @fireecology, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of fire ecology and uses of fire in resilient landscape management.
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Our new study shows that disturbance makes a very wide range of forests and woodlands more flammable. Problem is, we think of disturbance as "management".
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Unlocking the mystery of high forest carbon storage in the Central Himalayas! Our latest research delves into the factors contributing to the exceptional forest carbon density in Nepal's high-elevation forests.
doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.202…
ALT https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121679
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The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Bushfire Research Group received Western Sydney University’s 2023 Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice-President Award for Research Impact. Very happy with the recognition!
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Looking forward to another great day of fire talks in California today at #FireCon2023
For anyone interested in post-fire recovery, Ryan Tangney and I are running a session from 10.30-12, focused on what happens when vegetation exceeds their typical fire regime.
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Recent work by our group on measuring junction fires and the acceleration in fire behaviour
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