Sunny and productive back-to-back field trips at Towra Point! After the morning talks at HSBC headquaters, participants joined us in the field to conduct the third monitoring of the nutrient plots. Work consisted in collecting small soil cores, taking microbe samples, and -of course- finding the 60 tea bags. Although the tea bags have beenRead more
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Do you want to submerge yourself into research on Blue Carbon? Well, you can in the lab and/or in the field! Come along and join the coring campaign around Melbourne (Victoria) and help with the processing of samples in the lab. What is it all about? Removal of atmospheric CO2 through biosequestration is necessary toRead more
Freshwater scientists from the Blue Carbon Lab completed a 14 day field trip to the Murray Local Land Services (LLS) region in NSW, where they monitored carbon stocks and fluxes from a floodplain billabong. Wetlands are known to store significant quantities of carbon, but they can also produce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2),Read more
PhD student Jaya Kelvin has been busy deploying wave loggers around Port Philip Bay and Western Port (Coastal Victoria). He is studying how mangrove, seagrass and saltmarsh systems help attenuate wave impact on the coast and what is the value of such coastal protection for Victorians. With the help of collaborators Rebecca Morris, Beth Strain,Read more
Citizen Scientists from HSBC and the Sydney Fish Markets participated in the third data collection field trip to Towra Point, Sydney. They first learned about the ecological importance of this Ramsar site and got to familiarise with the saltmarsh and mangrove species. Then, they helped Dr. Jeff Kelleway take measurements of the mangrove trees. UsingRead more
Want to learn why mangroves are natural superheros? Featuring in the kids show Scope TV, scientists from the Blue Carbon Lab explain the importance of Mangroves for carbon storage and climate change mitigation. Show aired in Australia on Sunday 26th August on Channel Eleven (10am). Follow the link to watch episode (63). Skip to theRead more
Another amazing citizen science day at Towra Point. The day kicked-off with HSBC employees taking part of a questionnaire research led by Dr. Emma Mckinley [Cardiff University, UK]. Through a series of short surveys, she is testing whether immersive experiences can change attitudes towards “uncharismatic” wetlands. Participants were then immersed into the world of corporateRead more
Citizen scientists from HSBC & Qantas joined the first Sydney field trip of the #BlueCarbonArmy. The field trip started with talks from HSBC, Earthwatch and the Blue Carbon lab introducing key concepts such as “Sustainability”, “Natural Capital” and “Carbon Sequestration”. Then, we travelled to the saltmarsh and mangrove system of Towra Point Nature reserve (oneRead more
I’ve been a bit quiet on the InSite/Out front for the past few months. I found myself having a light summer field season, which consisted only of a pleasant day trip to collect the 1 year samples for TeaComposition H2O. While I enjoy fieldwork, as an early career researcher, I am noticing that my researchRead more
