Category Archives: Chile

Window seat

Posted on April 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

If you fly down through Chile from Santiago to Punta Arenas, make sure you have a window seat! And not just any window seat, you would like to be on the left side of the plane, cause from there, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General | Tagged Chile, Fieldwork, flying, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Punta Arenas, Sunset, Travel, Travelling, Volcanoes | 4 Comments

Goodbye spring

Posted on March 27, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Goodbye, spring, it is sad to part again after this awfully short reunion! We have had some sunny days, hinting towards the beautiful season that should be on its way. Even the flowers felt the change in the atmosphere, budding … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Chile | Tagged Fieldwork, Flowers, Forest, Garden, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Spring, Weather | 4 Comments

Conquest of a continent – pine invasion in South America

Posted on March 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentinia. The road to the airport is flanked by massive pine trees, blocking the view on the surrounding dry Patagonian steppe. They seem to flourish in this environment, although they are far from home. The new … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Chile | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Forest, Invasion, Photography, Pines, Plant invasions, Plants, Science, South America, Travel, Trees | 7 Comments

Invasive plants reaching new elevations

Posted on January 22, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

With humans traveling and occupying the world more intensively every day, invasions by nonnative plant species are becoming an omnipresent pattern. People transport countless plant seeds as they travel that might, or might not, establish and disrupt local ecosystems. Until … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, The research | Tagged Chile, Conservation, Ecology, Fieldwork, Invasion, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Punta Arenas, Science, South America, Travel, Traveling | 3 Comments

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

Penguin parade

Posted on April 28, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Penguins are one of the main touristic attractions in Punta Arenas. There even live more penguins than people in the southern Magellan provence, so they really are the real owners of southern Chile. There is a colony of these funny looking puppets … Continue reading →