Category Archives: General

How microclimate is changing at a different rate

Posted on October 21, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

If you’ve been following my research for a while, you should know by now that microclimate warming rates can be very different from what our weather stations and climate models tell us. We’ve been discussing it for forests, mountains and … Continue reading →

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A glimpse from the field

Posted on October 14, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

By Journey Verspeek – master student in the team And there you are, in the middle of nowhere, face to face with a snorting reindeer charging straight at you. Of course, not all fieldwork days looked like that; mostly we … Continue reading →

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The green revolution of our playgrounds

Posted on October 12, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

A blogpost by 3D Lab team members Kyra and Olivia What A super cool project that is currently taking place in Zeeland is the Groene Revolutie (translating to Green revolution) organized by IVN Zeeland. The goal? To greenify all school … Continue reading →

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Proving extinction is hard. But we can do so now.

Posted on September 3, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

For decades, climate change ecology has mostly been a story about shifts: species moving upslope, poleward, tracking the climate they’re adapted to as it slides out from under them. It’s one of the best-documented fingerprints of warming in nature. What … Continue reading →

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MEB 2026

Posted on June 2, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

Big week in Montpellier this week, as the world’s microclimate ecology and biogeography community has gathered for the third global MEB conference. After the first edition in Antwerp in 2022 and the second in Helsinki in 2024, this year’s conference … Continue reading →

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A beautiful birthday

Posted on May 24, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

The MIREN network has turned twenty! Imagine: a global ecological network, built on friendship, enthusiasm, and a shared love for mountains, that has managed not only to survive, but to grow and thrive for two decades. In a scientific world … Continue reading →