Tag Archives: Agriculture

Foggy

Scientific experiments take a long time. Before the very first meeting at which a research question is proposed and the publication of the final answer, there is a seemingly endless amount of intermittent steps (you can get an idea about all of them here). For me as … Continue reading

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Summer in the polders

After all these mountains from my previous posts, it is again time for some good ol’ nature from back home! This is a series celebrating the little pieces of nature in between the agriculture, with pictures from the polder landscape close … Continue reading

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Summer in the field

Just two pictures as a friendly reminder that summer has arrived! It becomes visible everywhere, in fields and forests, through birds and insects. I love summer in the fields, it reminds me that biodiversity is not as dead as it might … Continue reading

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Soft with a rough edge

This is the last post about last weeks’ mountain ecologist meeting in Flen in Southern Sweden. Find a (new!) picture gallery here or click on it on the right of my website. I experienced southern Sweden as a soft place. Soft rolling … Continue reading

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Back in time

An alien is a species that is introduced in an area where it did not occur naturally. That’s it. A simple definition (although it is only one in a million) and easy to work with! If a plant grows somewhere … Continue reading

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…the bad…

Chili is a land of extremes. Even this far south, human influence succeeded in ruining whole ecosystems. Here, the funny thing is that nobody bothered to clean up the mess. In the whole area around Punta Arenas, all evergreen native … Continue reading

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