Nerilie, climate scientist from ANU, will review evidence for climate change vulnerabilities in Antarctica, including using past, present and future perspectives to assess the potential for tipping points in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. This will include a description of the 2023/24 Denman Terrestrial Campaign to characterise the Denman Glacier, the deepest known glacier on […]
Our speakers this month are Photography Group Committee Members who will share their post-processing hot tips and workflow with the Group. Show and Tell by members, with a maximum of 6 images each, will proceed as usual. The meeting will take place in the ANBG Theatrette. All members of the Friends are welcome to come […]
Alex, from the ANU, will talk about the value of fossilised pollen for understanding environmental changes over time, and measuring the amounts and types of pollen across Australia today to understand the links, including collection by VegeMap, a citizen science project. Abstract Fossilised pollen is a little-known but essential part of our understanding of environmental […]
Thank you very much to our wonderful weeders for removing more than 1760 woody weeds at our September work party in the grassland and woodland area of Black Mountain Nature Reserve. We look forward to seeing you at the next work party on 5 October. Details of the next weeding work party (including the booking […]
Discover some spring-flowering native terrestrial orchids and learn something more of this fascinating group of plants with Matt Mullaney, Jean Egan, Shoko Okado, and Tobias Hayashi. DATE Sunday 6 October, 9:30am–12 noon and repeated 1:30pm–4pm MEET at the car park on the mountain side of Caswell Drive. Look for FOBM banners; (from Belconnen Way drive […]
Graham, an internationally awarded photographer, will describe his artistic approach to photographing botanic subjects and will give practical insights into producing exhibition quality shots of flora and associated fauna, from the tallest tree to the most detailed macro view of flowers, fungi and associated pollinators. Abstract When faced with a botanical subject that requires photographing […]