Category Archives: Canary Islands

The mad scientist tea party

Posted on December 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Do you know how ecologists have a tea party? They bury their tea in the Arctic and wait a year to give it that perfect soil touch. This is the ideal season to stay inside, close to the Christmas tree, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, General, Norway, Sweden | Tagged Christmas, Ecology, Landscape photography, Norway, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Soil, Sweden, Tea, Winter | Leave a comment

California!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

All my traveling and working abroad really starts to pay off! I will present the results of my first paper from Northern Scandinavia on the biggest ecology congress there is: the ESA conference in Sacramento, California, in August this year! This opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, Chile, Luxemburg, Sweden, Tanzania, USA | Tagged America, Belgium, Chile, Conference, ESA, Lapland, Luxembourg, Mountains, Photography, Research, Science, Tanzania, Tenerife, Travel, Travelling, USA | 11 Comments

Humans in the lowlands

Posted on February 25, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I like to compare mountains with islands. Islands of undisturbed nature in a wild and dangerous ocean of human influence; the lowlands. Wave after wave of human influences crashes on the slopes of the island-mountain, trying to erode the natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, The research | Tagged Abroad, Canary Islands, Ecology, Islands, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Tenerife, Tourism | 4 Comments

Ground-breaking

Posted on February 18, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Rocks. It does not seem an ideal location for plants to grow. However, as I have to emphasize a lot, plants will never cease to amaze. I already wrote about some real bad boys called ‘ruderals’ in a previous post. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, The research | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Ecology, Plants, Stress-tolerant, Surviving, Tenerife | 7 Comments

On the rocks

Posted on February 15, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

– A picture gallery with a first part of the highlights from my trip to Tenerife can be found on the right on my blog. – The ocean is a monster. Even on the quietest of days, the surf zone on … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Birds, Ocean, Rocks, Surviving, Tenerife | 7 Comments

Pilot whales

Posted on February 13, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Somewhere offshore from the coast of Tenerife lives a large family of pilot whales. They stay the whole year in the same part of the ocean, peacefully plowing through the water and spurting water. Pilot whales are funny animals, with … Continue reading →