Category Archives: Belgium

Five steps from the office

Posted on December 10, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Another office day. Work was going great, the much anticipated paper was taking shape, the data looked beautiful. But one thing was not feeling right. It took me a while to define the feeling, but then I realised what it … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Art, Belgium, Hiking, Lake, Landscape photography, Nature, PhD, Photography, Reflections, Working | Leave a comment

Open for discussion

Posted on November 17, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

To know what will happen to ecosystems in a changing world, we need to know the fate of the nutrients within them, like carbon and nitrogen. To know the fate of these nutrients, we need to know how they are distributed and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Carbon, climate change, Decomposition, Ecology, Fungi, Garden, Garden photography, Gardens, Global change, Litter decomposition, Mushrooms, Nature photography, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Photography, Science | 4 Comments

Gods of the meadow

Posted on November 12, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

On a misty autumn morning, while I was roaming through Flanders fields, I met some very fierce-looking sheep. The look on their face, combined with the atmosphere created by the autumn fog, made me chuckle: they looked very smug and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Autumn, Conservation, Disturbance, Ecology, Farm, Farming, Grazers, Landscape photography, Mist, Nature photography, Photography, Seasons, Sheep | 3 Comments

Foggy

Posted on November 10, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Scientific experiments take a long time. Before the very first meeting at which a research question is proposed and the publication of the final answer, there is a seemingly endless amount of intermittent steps (you can get an idea about all of them here). For me as … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Autumn, Belgium, Ecology, Flanders, Hypothesis, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mist, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Research, Science, Student | Leave a comment

Website updated

Posted on November 3, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

With autumn in the air, I spent some time updating the backbone of this ever-growing website. It was due time to include all adventures from this summer, as this PhD is endlessly evolving, and this website is trying to follow. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Autumn, Belgium, Landscapes, Nature photography, Photography, Travel, Travelling | Leave a comment

A little bit of support

Posted on November 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

We recently adopted two cute little friends. They are tiny, fluffy, curious and adorable, and I love them. They are called gerbils – a happy type of desert rats – and they promised me to support me through the rest of my … Continue reading →