Top Posts & Pages
Tag Archives: Climate
Now we’re talking
On the greyest and coldest day of the winter so far, I put on my warmest ‘Arctic’ clothing to start a new project. We went out into the field to start a project I had been thinking about for a long … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Climate, Ecology, measuring, Microclimate, Nature, PhD, Photography, Science, Temperature, Thermal, thermal imagery
Leave a comment
Drought in the lake
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
Hot and alive
It is summer in the Loire valley. The old stones and castles are burning under the sun. Plants and flowers in the city experience dramatically high temperatures as they stubbornly survive between cracks and stones. I am walking through … Continue reading
The ultimate measuring experience
They look like tiny batteries, round metal cells that hide a measuring instrument and a little bit of memory-space. They are (relatively) cheap and very robust. They are called iButtons and they are more valuable to me than an iPhone. This is … Continue reading
Posted in The research
Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, equipment, field work, iButtons, measuring, Mountains, PhD, Photography, Science, Temperature
14 Comments
Catch the wind
Wind blows along unseen, but not unfelt. Winds are everywhere and serve especially in the mountains as an omnipresent companion. I tried to catch the impressiveness of this natural force in pictures to help imagining what mountain plants have to face … Continue reading
The 3D lab 