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Climate impacts on your doorstep
Extreme weather events are all over the news in recent years, with intense floodings in Asia, fires raging through Australia, and record heatwaves melting the asphalt in Western-Europe. We are all starting to feel the impact of the changing climate … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Citizen science, Climate, climate change, Flanders, Gardens, Global change, Global change ecology, Home, Science
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Ready for 2020
The 3D lab is ready for the new year to come, and plans are bigger than ever! Let’s take the opportunity of those dark days before January to highlight some of the things we hope to bring to you: First … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged Cities, climate change, Global change, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Science, Students, Teamwork
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Strengthening SoilTemp
Our SoilTemp-network got pretty lucky the week for Christmas: the project we applied for with the Research Foundation Flanders got funded, ensuring that our database iniative can gear up even more! Although it was a relatively small grant that covers … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature, Science, SoilTemp, Travel
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Microclimatic conditions anywhere at any time!
Earlier this month, the journal Global Change Biology asked me to write a little commentary about a recent paper . Well, that’s an offer one cannot refuse! First of all: that’s a tremendous honour; thanks GCB to think of me … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Science
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Fluorescence
For years, I have been teaching a practical course on the measurement of plant stress to our master students. In that course, we introduce them to the magical ecological process called ‘fluorescence’ to investigate stress in their studied plant species. … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Ecology, Fieldwork, Global change, Nature, PhD, Plants, Science
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The much-needed handbook
Let me tell you a little story. Imagine that you are an ambitious young PhD-student, worried about climate change and dedicated to spend the next 4 years performing an experiment that will answer critical questions on the future of our … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Ecology, Fieldwork, Global change, Nature, Science
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On the barricades for Arctic insects
Climate change is no joke, and the Arctic is feeling it. We know this, and have to act accordingly. What we also know, is that Arctic biodiversity is going to take a big part of the blow. What we know … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, General
Tagged arctic, Arthropods, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Insects, Nature, Science
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