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An ecological data hypermarket?
For the past five years, I have led SoilTemp, the global database of microclimate data. I have witnessed its evolution from humble beginnings to a robust repository housing close to a 100,000 microclimate time series from around the world, several … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate, climate change, Data, Database, Databases, Environment, Microclimate, Mountains, programming, Science, SoilTemp, sql, Temperature
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Throwback to MEB2024
The last week of August was marked in red and bold on many calendars: it was the week of the Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography conference, undoubtedly the most important event of the year for global microclimate research. After this second … Continue reading
Airport botany
On our way to Abisko, northern Sweden, a massive early-morning thunderstorm in Brussels was the start of a 28-hour travel delay: we missed our next flight with a margin of just 10 minutes, and as such ended up too late … Continue reading
Posted in General, Sweden
Tagged Airport, Botany, Ecology, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Travel photography, Travelling
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The peculiar case of the Rallarvägen
Gaining a long-term perspective on ecosystem changes is challenging. Even when ecologists describe changes as happening “remarkably fast,” they are often difficult to observe within a single scientific career, let alone the lifespan of a project. Occasionally, however, we can … Continue reading
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A wealth of wildflowers
One could wonder if the microclimate-based models of Haesen et al. would have predicted such a wealth of wildflowers in the garden of our new home! This is our first spring in our new garden, and we could thus have … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Botany, Ecology, Nature photography, Plant photography, Science, Spring
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PhD defense Jan Clavel
Another milestone coming up, as The 3D Lab-member Jan Clavel is making the final preparations for his PhD defense on February 5th!
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The 3D lab 