Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

ME&B conference in Antwerp

Posted on September 20, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

One of my dreams since the start of the SoilTemp project: bringing all microclimate enthusiasts together at their own dedicated conference… Now, this dream will become a reality with #MEB2022, an international conference on Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography which we … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged #climate, #conference, #nature | Leave a comment

The TMS-Pluche

Posted on September 3, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Consider development of microclimate sensors a closed and finished field: the ultimate product is now on the market! Thanks to the partner of our colleague Stijn, I got the most beautiful pluche version of a TMS-version, which we immediately bombarded … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Art, Knitting, Microclimate, Pluche, Sciart, Science, Temperature | 1 Comment

Nights with a baby: is it all about perception?

Posted on August 31, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

EDIT: baby 2 wants me to publicly apologies as I made a mistake in the calculations with her data (for the R-people, as.POSIXct got me). Post now updated! This summer, we doubled the sample size of our offspring experiment. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Father, Fatherhood, Parenting, Science | 3 Comments

A story of collective responsibility

Posted on August 23, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The wettest summer in two centuries is an unexpected windfall for our citizen science project ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’ (CNidT). Our garden sensors fill a black hole in our knowledge: how can gardens act like sponges and buffer extreme rainfall? … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Extreme events, Flooding, Gardens, Microclimate, Science | Leave a comment

Kittens, kittens, kittens!

Posted on August 20, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

That wonderful feeling when my R-code can help the local animal shelter with their hundreds of kittens. I have been monitoring the number of foster kittens in our local animal shelter for 4 years in a row now, keeping track … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Cats, Fostering, Kittens, Science | Leave a comment

The key to plant invasions in the Andes

Posted on August 9, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

In 2016, we published the results from a much-needed experiment. We had sown seeds in two extreme environments: the north of Scandinavia, and the very south of Chile, to answer a fundamental research question in invasion ecology: what is the … Continue reading →