Facilities

UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences maintains a fleet of three research boats to support environmental, ecological and fisheries studies around Australia. To be eligible for access to our vessels, you must become a registered user.

The Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle facility is a laboratory dedicated to measuring the minute amounts of radioactive carbon: radiocarbon. Capable of dating back 50,000 years, the Chronos Facility is dedicated to understanding how the planet has changed in the past and what this means for the future.

Computational and Data Infrastructure is home to Australia's leading high-performance research computing environment. It provides world-class services, such as high-performance cloud computing and petascale data, to all domains of science, government and industry.

UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences operates a large glasshouse located on the roof level of the Samuels building. The UNSW Glasshouse is used for both teaching and research, not only by members of our school but also by researchers from other schools and faculties.

The Smiths Lake Field Station is located on the shore of Smiths Lake in the Myall Lakes National Park, ~100 km north of Newcastle. The station is used by UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences as a research and teaching zone, allowing students to study coastal and marine ecosystems.

The John T. Waterhouse Herbarium is internationally registered and holds over 61,000 specimens, including vascular plants and fungi, algae, lichens and non-vascular plants. Most of our specimens are Australian, with the majority from New South Wales and a smaller collection from other states and countries.