Category Archives: General

Urban invaders loving the heat

Posted on March 15, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Guest post by Charly Géron, PhD student in The 3D Lab and lead author of a new study on how urban microclimates might facilitate plant invasions in cities. They are submerging the news, movies, papers and talks everywhere. I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Invasive species, Nature, Nature photography, Science, Urban, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

The 3D Lab closes 2020

Posted on December 28, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

Posted in General | Tagged 2020, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Nature, Science | Leave a comment

Throwback to last summer fieldtrip in Belgian cities

Posted on December 11, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

#NatureOrNot

Posted on December 4, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

History in the making

Posted on October 28, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

Posted in General | Tagged climate change, Drought, Ecology, Garden, Garden photography, Microclimate, Nature, Science, Temperature | Leave a comment

Belgians see nature in their municipality deteriorating

Posted on September 15, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →