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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE210100035
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Founding an Australian Critical Zone Observatory Network. This proposal founds a new network of Australian Critical Zone Observatories. The network will fill essential knowledge gaps about interactions of under- and above-ground environmental processes and their responses to disturbance and change. These interactions determine the sustainability of food, clean water, mineral resources and Australian ecosystems, and cannot be studied with existing environmental infrastructure. The 5 foundational sites will host integrated monitoring equipment to observe stocks and fluxes of carbon, water, energy and mass across the “Critical Zone” – the vertical span from plant canopies to fresh bedrock. Joining a burgeoning international movement, the network will catalyse Critical Zone science in Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2021
End Date: 02-2025
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $1,205,137.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Monitoring | Ecosystem Function | Environmental Science and Management |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Land and Water Management | Forest and Woodlands Water Management | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Water Management
