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Veronica
The series of papers known as ‘Geron et al.’ has a new addition, marking the final piece of Charly Geron’s PhD trajectory studying the link between urban plant invaders and urban microclimates. In his earlier chapters, we already demonstrated that … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium
Tagged Ecology, Experiments, Invasive plants, Plant ecology, Science
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Tarfala
While a lot is going on in and around Abisko, as can be seen in yesterday’s story, part of the team has ventured further south, to the perhaps even more beautiful moonscape of Tarfala. Here, a rugged mountain cabin hosts … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden
Tagged climate change, Glaciers, Hiking, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature photography, Outdoor photography, Research
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The summer is for Sweden
The group has a whole team up north again, monitoring vegetation and bumblebees, gathering microclimate data and so much more. I was lucky enough to spend a few days up there as well, checking up on the long-term monitoring sites … Continue reading
Posted in Norway, Sweden
Tagged Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Mountain photography, Nature photography, Scandinavia, Travel, Travel photography
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Catching carabids and measuring microclimate
Last week, we started our monitoring campaign for carabid beetles in the botanical garden Jean Massart. I already introduced that beautiful oasis in the city of Brussels before, and the idea that within this nice, cool and wet patch of … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium
Tagged Beetles, Botanical garden, Brussels, Jean Massart, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Pitfall traps, Summer
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Proximal microclimate
Spatial resolution is one thing. Temporal resolution an other. The microclimate community has been working hard to improve both, in a continuous search for better microclimate data. However – and this might be slightly shocking – both are largely missing … Continue reading
The peculiar case of the Rallarvägen
Gaining a long-term perspective on ecosystem changes is challenging. Even when ecologists describe changes as happening “remarkably fast,” they are often difficult to observe within a single scientific career, let alone the lifespan of a project. Occasionally, however, we can … Continue reading
Posted in General, Sweden
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The 3D lab 