Tag Archives: Cities

Are non-native plants adapting to city life?

Posted on October 24, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

With chapter 4 now published, the now finished PhD of Charly Géron has created quite the storyline on how non-native plants are invading our urban environments! In his first paper, we found out that alien plant species in European cities … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Biological invasions, Cities, Invasive species, Nature, PhD, Plant invasions, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

A freshly-minted PhD

Posted on December 22, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Now, that’s what they call a milestone: The3DLab got to celebrate its very first PhD, this week. Charly Géron successfully defended his thesis on plant invasions in urban environments! The defence brought us on a cold and sunny winter solstice … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Global change, Invasion ecology, Nature, Plant invasions, Science, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

Climate-resilient cities

Posted on November 5, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

I find it of paramount importance that students learn how to communicate their research. Summarizing their ideas and findings for a broad audience challenges them to keep the ‘why’ in mind for their research, and reminds them they are part … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Cities, Climate, climate change, Rural, Science, Urban heat island, Urban planning | 1 Comment

Another year of microclimate citizen science!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’ (CNidT), the large-scale citizen science project on drought, heat and moisture in gardens is playing extensions. After a summer that was exceptionally wet, the project hopes to collect additional data on heat and drought. Find out … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Cities, Citizen science, Climate, climate change, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors, Urban heat islands | Leave a comment

Exotic species enter through the city gates

Posted on July 9, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

3DLab-member Charly Géron’s second paper recently got featured on http://www.eoswetenschap.eu! Here is an English translation of the story they brought there: —- Plants from warmer regions feel perfectly at home in our cities. From there, they can colonize the countryside. … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, Plant invasions, Plants, Science, urban photography | Leave a comment

Two firsts

Posted on February 29, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

This has been a very important week for The 3D Lab: two of our PhD-students submitted their first ever paper! Charly submitted his work on the climatic origin of urban plant invaders, a first in a series studying how the … Continue reading →