Category Archives: USA

Airport ecology

Posted on August 20, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I was happy that I could lay hands on a textbook on Urban Ecology with 50 percent reduction at the conference in California. This urban ecology is a big fascination of mine: with large portions of the earth surface changed into … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Airport, Birds, butterfly, City, Ecology, Flowers, flying, Garden, Nature, Philadelphia, Travel, Traveling, Urban ecology, USA | 2 Comments

Drought in the lake

Posted on August 18, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

California currently experiences the most extreme drought in the history of the state. It is so dry that they started desalinating the water of the ocean on a large scale (an interesting newsflash I learned from CNN at the airport). … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, California, Climate, climate change, Drought, Lake, Lake Jenkinson, Photography, Summer, Travel, USA | Leave a comment

Goodbye to America

Posted on August 16, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It was an exciting chance to finally visit America and get to know this country that almost had mythical proportions in my head. And I must say, a lot of that just got confirmed in real life! It is just the true, … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, Food, Publicity, Smoothies, Travel, USA | 6 Comments

Ecology is big, ecology is small

Posted on August 14, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Ecology is big. Ecology is extreme. We wanna see the big things, the amazing things that happen out there in nature. The crazier, the better. That was my first thought when I went out to see the giant coastal redwoods from California, … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Conference, Ecology, ESA2014, Forests, Photography, Plants, Redwoods, Science, Tourism, Traveling | 3 Comments

At the conference

Posted on August 12, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Trying to grab the full diversity of ecological research is like crossing Lake Tahoe without a boat. I brought this huge lake a short visit while on a break from the thousands of posters, presentations and working ecologists here at … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged California, Ecology, ESA2014, Lake Tahoe, Nature, PhD, Photography, Science, Sierra, Travel | 1 Comment

The rose of California

Posted on August 11, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

After my late arrival in the USA yesterday, I spend my sunday exploring. The morning brought me to a coastal forest, but the weather was way better in the Sacramento valley, so I went for an early return and spent the afternoon exploring … Continue reading →