Category Archives: General

Global microclimate conference

Posted on September 6, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

When we started SoilTemp, we had one main goal: making microclimate research into a global science. Achieving that would mean two things: bringing all the data together in a global database was an obvious first, but we had something perhaps … Continue reading →

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Drought and heat might help exotic plants escape out of the city

Posted on August 12, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

In new research lead by group member Charly Géron, we show that Belgian cities host different exotic plant species than the countryside. Those urban species come from warm and dry native climates and are better adapted to drought and heat. … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Alien species, Invasive species, Nature, Science, Trees, Urban, Urban heat island, Urban nature | Leave a comment

One protocol to track them all

Posted on February 15, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

It was the year 2005. A group of mountain ecologists gathered in Vienna, Austria, for what would turn out to be an appointment with history. Their topic? Plant invasions in mountains! A consensus was soon reached that there was an … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Invasive species, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors | Leave a comment

The Light Fantastic: Summoning Ghosts from the Past

Posted on January 17, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Cutting-edge modern technology has brought us so far that scientists can now find ghostly prints from former human activities with breath-taking accuracy. Ghosts from the past, that is, and that modern technology is called LiDAR (light detection and ranging). LiDAR … Continue reading →

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The TMS-Pluche

Posted on September 3, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Consider development of microclimate sensors a closed and finished field: the ultimate product is now on the market! Thanks to the partner of our colleague Stijn, I got the most beautiful pluche version of a TMS-version, which we immediately bombarded … Continue reading →

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Non-natives at the end of the world

Posted on July 12, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The Crozet archipelago. A few tiny specks in a vast ocean, ‘on the road’ from South Africa to Antarctica. A tough climate, inhabitants limited to a bunch of winter-hardy researchers and the occasional seabird. But also: Poa annua, the common … Continue reading →