Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

The hunt for Arctic aliens

Posted on May 16, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Whilst they do not hunt for extra-terrestrial aliens that may or may not be hidden under the ice (as some on the more unbridled sections of the internet would rather they did), hunting for terrestrial aliens is exactly what they do. Ronja Wedegärtner … Continue reading →

Posted in Svalbard | Tagged arctic, Ecology, Global change, Invasive species, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Science, Svalbard | Leave a comment

The hottest lawns are not always in the city

Posted on May 15, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

According to the first results of our citizen science project ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’, lawns in urban gardens can also be quite cool. This came as a bit of a surprise. [English summary based on today’s discussion of our results … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, Climate, CNidT, Curieuzeneuzen, Gardens, Heat islands, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors, Temperature | Leave a comment

On the measurement of microclimate

Posted on May 14, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Ecologists nowadays are trying to get closer to measurements of the microclimate that organisms are actually experiencing. Weather stations are great, standardized sources of temperature data at 2 m in the air, yet organisms often relate more strongly to what … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Measurements, Microclimate, Nature, Science | Leave a comment

Good family man or sulking teenager: an update on our data network

Posted on May 12, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The data from the lawn network of our citizen science project (CNidT) is transmitted via the Internet of Things. With its 5,000 connected sensors, CNidT is also the largest Internet of Things network in Belgium. Pioneering work, therefore, and that … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, climate change, CNidT, Curieuzeneuzen, Gardens, Microclimate, Nature, outdoor | Leave a comment

Cold fieldwork news

Posted on May 11, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

I received some pictures from the snowy colds of the Norwegian mountains this week, where The3DLab-member Ronja went on a cross-country ski tour to her seed addition experiment to measure snow depth. Snow is a crucial component of microclimate as … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Skiing, Snow, Winter | Leave a comment

Saving the world isn’t rocket science

Posted on April 22, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The3DLab member Ronja got interviewed for a podcast at her university in Trondheim! A very nice summary of her research. You can find the podcast here, or on Spotify! The podcast investigates the environmental impacts of hiking trails in the … Continue reading →