Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Charging the batteries

Posted on August 29, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

A few more days of charging the batteries here in Belgium before we head up back north to the colds of the Arctic. There seems to be an unfortunate negative correlation between the weather in Belgium and the weather in … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Belgium, Forests, Hiking, Landscape photography, Meerdaalwoud, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Summer, Travel | Leave a comment

JFK

Posted on August 27, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Sunset from JFK New York, last week, on our way back from the ESA ecological conference in Florida. I guess they call this a #trowback… I have had time to think about all I learned in America, and my main … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged America, Colours, Ecology, Nature, New York, Science, skies, Sunset, Travel, USA | Leave a comment

Picture this

Posted on August 22, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The Scandinavian summer… Fascinating as ever… You are invited to browse through the gallery from our first field trip of the summer to Abisko, on the right of this blog (or if all goes well via this link). Admire breathtaking … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Outdoors, Photography, Scandinavia, Travel | 3 Comments

There is no place like

Posted on August 19, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

…home. The summer is for fieldwork and conferences. For a mountain ecologist based in Belgium, that means a lot of travelling. To the mountains. To other like-minded scientists. All that travelling might very well be the most exciting part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Buildings, Hiking, History, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Summer, Travel | 5 Comments

Alpine invasions

Posted on August 16, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With all that travelling (first fieldwork in Sweden/Norway, then the conference in Florida), I did not have time yet to announce the good news: we just got a paper published in Alpine Botany, reviewing the current knowledge on plant invasions in the alpine … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Plant invasions, Science, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

Florida Zoo

Posted on August 15, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Well, the whole of Florida is a bit of a Zoo, that is for sure. Even for conference people that didn’t have the time to go out all day, like us, there was plenty of wildlife to discover. I always have … Continue reading →