Category Archives: Science

On how leaves decompose

Posted on March 17, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Climate poses a stronger control on litter decomposition than the species or the origin of the litter. That is the main conclusion of our recent paper in Biogeosciences (on which I collaborated primarily as a statistician). Getting to know the details about … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Ecosystems, Forest, Forests, Landscape photography, Litter, Litter decomposition, Photography, Science | 1 Comment

Outreach

Posted on March 9, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Outreach is to the scientific project as the church steeple to the church. It comes at the very end, and might not take the longest, but you definitely need it to finish up a story and get a feeling of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Architecture, Citytrip, Ecology, Landscape photography, Nature, Outreach, Photography, Publication, Publicity, Science, Travel | 4 Comments

An elegant proof of global warming

Posted on February 29, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

An easy yet elegant experiment to prove the role of carbon dioxide in global warming and show its effect to children, that was the question my colleagues were working on. The experiment is in fact really elegant, so I am happy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Experiments, Global, Global warming, Nature, Photography, Science, University | Leave a comment

A reward for 2012-me

Posted on February 25, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Let’s go back to summer 2012. I am working on my masters thesis in Norway in what was arguably the wettest fieldwork summer till today. Aim of the project was at first to get an idea of the distribution of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Science | Tagged arctic, Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature photography, Norway, Photography, Plants, Publishing, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

The road to publication

Posted on February 15, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Sometimes, the road to publication feels a bit like this: A combination of a nice little sun as a promise for a reward in the far future, and crazy mud that will slow you down for months. Or picture this: Bunkers filled … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Agriculture, Belgium, Hiking, Landscape photography, Life, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Publishing, Science, Winter | Leave a comment

The elegance of tea

Posted on February 12, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

For the Dutch-speaking people here: I posted a story on tea on scilogs! It tells the story how I had to buy 280 bags of tea at the local supermarket to participate in the Tea Bag Index, a cheap and … Continue reading →