Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Microclimate symposium

Posted on December 13, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Truth be told, we just had a little pot of money that needed spending. That pot of money came from a successful application to the University of Antwerp to enhance communication between universities. Now, communication between universities, that’s my kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged climate change, Conference, Ecology, Forest, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Symposium | Leave a comment

MIREN meets in Chile

Posted on November 28, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

A few hundred kilometers south of Santiago de Chile, nestled in a green valley at the foot of a string of snow-clad volcanoes, lies the ‘Suisandina lodge’, a place that breaths hospitality, with all facilities a mountain ecologist needs to … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile | Tagged Ecology, Forests, Global change, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Frontiers in soil ecology

Posted on November 19, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Story accompanying the new paper Eisenhauer et al. (2022) Frontiers in soil ecology—Insights from the World Biodiversity Forum 2022. There was an almost tangible sense of urgency at the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, last June. A string of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Switzerland | Tagged Ecology, Mountains, Science, WBF | Leave a comment

Are non-native plants adapting to city life?

Posted on October 24, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

With chapter 4 now published, the now finished PhD of Charly Géron has created quite the storyline on how non-native plants are invading our urban environments! In his first paper, we found out that alien plant species in European cities … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Biological invasions, Cities, Invasive species, Nature, PhD, Plant invasions, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

Scicomm award

Posted on October 21, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

We won! The CurieuzeNeuzen team is one of the winners of the Annual Science Communication Prize of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium! The prize is awarded to researchers who are committed to creative and accessible science communication. CurieuzeNeuzen in … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged CNidT, Heat, Microclimate, Scicomm, Urban, wetenschapscommunicatie | 1 Comment

The end

Posted on October 3, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

The end has arrived: this weekend, the 3000 participants of our large-scale citizen science project sent back their ‘garden dagger’ to us, closing the lid on the data collection for the most ambitious thing I have ever undertaken. Starting of … Continue reading →

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