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The 3D Lab closes 2020
Our goal here in The 3D Lab is to use our skills to help fight the biodiversity crisis. Important. Urgent. Complex. Never finished. Of course, this is a battle we won’t win overnight, nor will we manage on our own. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Nature, Science
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Throwback to last summer fieldtrip in Belgian cities
Guest post by Charly Géron, our urban ecologist! Last summer was -normally- the last field season of my PhD which tries to better understand how cities influence alien plant invasions. One would think that the last field season would be … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Ecology, Invasive species, Outdoors, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Urban ecology
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#NatureOrNot
Our #NatureOrNot survey has been an unexpectedly big success! More than 1300 people informed us about what they consider nature and what not. The poster above, made by master student Naomi De Vries who’s in charge of the project, summarizes … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General, Netherlands
Tagged Ecology, Ethnography, Gardens, Nature, Natureornot, Outdoors, Science, Urban, Urban ecology
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History in the making
What you see brightening up my garden on the picture above is what we hope will be the future of microclimate monitoring: a TMS-logger with connection to the internet! Yes, you read that correctly, TOMST is currently working on a … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Drought, Ecology, Garden, Garden photography, Microclimate, Nature, Science, Temperature
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Belgians see nature in their municipality deteriorating
This is the main preliminary result of a large-scale survey conducted by the Universities of Antwerp and Liège among more than 1200 Belgians. 60% indicated that the quality of nature in their municipality has decreased over the last 5 years, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecology, Hiking, Nature, Outdoors, Science
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Belg ziet natuur in zijn gemeente achteruitgaan
Meer dan 1200 Belgen en Nederlanders namen al deel aan de grootschalige natuurenquête #NatureOrNot van de Universiteit Antwerpen en Luik. 60% geeft aan dat de kwaliteit van de natuur in hun gemeente de laatste vijf jaar is afgenomen, 75% vindt … Continue reading