Category Archives: Science

iNaturalist

Posted on April 28, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Natural history – the science of nature observation – has taken a rocket into the 21st century, and I love it. The ‘rocket’ I am talking about is called iNaturalist, and it is an app that allows anybody in the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged App, Citizen science, iNaturalist, Nature, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Spring | 4 Comments

Linguistic wonders

Posted on April 1, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

So, I had a little question: did my English vocabulary improve after 5 years of paper writing? Good question, I thought, and nothing our good friend R could not help me answer! So I dove into the data, read in … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Academia, Ecology, Publishing, rstats, Science, Statistics, Writing | Leave a comment

2018 in stories (2)

Posted on December 29, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Following good-old traditions, we end the year with an overview of the most viewed posts on this blog from the past 12 months. In a previous post, we started our overview of 2018 with the 5 most viewed posts of the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Scandinavia, Science, Trails, Travel photography | Leave a comment

Growing database

Posted on December 22, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been receiving a lot of early Christmas gifts lately. 2608 in total, more precisely, from a mind-boggling 22 different countries across the world. That is the current status of our SoilTemp-database: 2608 unique temperature loggers, many of them … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Database, Ecology, Nature, Science, Snow, Temperatures, Winter | 1 Comment

Research network

Posted on December 11, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Science works best when people work together. This is especially true for the big questions, that involve the whole world in all its complexity. With our growing SoilTemp-database, that is exactly the type of questions we hope to answer: how are … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plant, Temperature, Weather | Leave a comment

SoilTemp website launched

Posted on December 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

SoilTemp, our project working towards a global database of soil temperatures for use in ecological analyses, launched its own website: soiltemp.weebly.com! The website allows interested visitors to explore what the project is about and, most importantly, follow the growth of … Continue reading →