Category Archives: Belgium

The impact of extreme weather on the cultivation of potatoes

Posted on September 29, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Blogpost written by Bart Deronde, and originally published (in a much prettier shape) on the blog of VITO. In spring 2021, the largest citizen science campaign ever on the impact of heat and drought in Flanders’ gardens & fields ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in … Continue reading →

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Another year of microclimate citizen science!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’ (CNidT), the large-scale citizen science project on drought, heat and moisture in gardens is playing extensions. After a summer that was exceptionally wet, the project hopes to collect additional data on heat and drought. Find out … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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