Monthly Archives: August 2025

How to set up your own microclimate network

Posted on August 16, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Back in 2021, we had an important thought: maybe we should start treating microclimate the same way we treat macroclimate. Weather and climate are monitored by national governments through organized, standardized networks – so why not microclimate too? We wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Ecology, Microclimate, Nature, Science, technology, Travel | Leave a comment

Fijnstofpluim uit Canada live gedetecteerd door burgers rond Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden

Posted on August 13, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Het Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden is gestart met het nieuwe burgerwetenschapsproject Groene Longen, dat het positieve effect van bos – en natuur in brede zin – op de luchtkwaliteit in kaart wil brengen. In totaal nemen 35 burgers in en … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 1 Comment

Monocultures

Posted on August 11, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Our EcoFracNet biodiversity monitoring project is gathering momentum. Over the past months, we’ve been roaming the Netherlands, clipboards in hand, from endless heathlands to city parks, to record plant diversity in hundreds of 1 m² plots. With several hundred plots … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Netherlands | Tagged Biodiversity, Environment, Gardening, Nature, Wildlife | Leave a comment

Soil microbes care little about your climate gradients

Posted on August 5, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

We had a hunch: the biogeography of soil microbial communities was going to be messy. Even less than plants or animals, microbes aren’t paying attention to the broad-brush macroclimatic gradients that ecologists often use to explain species distributions. They live … Continue reading →