Category Archives: General

Wanted: opinions about nature!

Posted on July 30, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Where would you draw the line between nature and culture? Ecologists from the University of Antwerp would like your* opinion on YOUR definition of nature in this rapidly changing world. Answer their questions now via http://www.natureornot.be! *If you’re living in … Continue reading →

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Sensors

Posted on July 24, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Eleven thousand and counting! This summer has been huge for our SoilTemp-database. Little could we have imagined that our project would become such a tremenduous success, with people contributing from all over the world! We are now collecting pictures as … Continue reading →

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Microclimate in the city

Posted on July 15, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Summer 2020 is now in full swing, and that means our trial for our garden microclimate project is in full swing! Let me guide you through some of the plans with some awesome pictures: We use these set-ups from Leuven.cool … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged City, Climate, climate change, Flanders, Microclimate, Science, Soil, Temperature, Urban | Leave a comment

Our green is grey

Posted on July 13, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

This column appeared originally in Dutch in EOS (www.eoswetenschap.eu) There’s no nature here anymore in Flanders. Not if we were to define it as ‘untouched wilderness’ that is not or hardly influenced by human activities. We have lost our last … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Science, Urban, Urbanisation | 2 Comments

Meetings

Posted on July 13, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Covid19 has totally transformed the way we go about life. Making this statement after half a year of this virus dominating all global news is truly knocking down an open door, and yet, I wondered what our trusted numbers could … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged corona, Covid19, Ecology, Home office, Science, Time management, work | Leave a comment

Tiny blessings

Posted on July 7, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

This might not look like much to you, but the picture on the right is a massive success-story! What you are looking at, is tiny clover-seedlings, sown last autumn in the barren climate of the northern Scandinavian mountains. This means … Continue reading →