Tag Archives: Climate

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 23, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The holidays are upon us! My merry microclimate measurement machinery has already gone into party-mode, ready to celebrate the darkest part of the year. These microclimatic party-animals are however determined to ignore the grey weather and let the temperatures run high during the holidays! For … Continue reading →

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To the test

Posted on December 17, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Remember my magical measuring devices for logging soil temperature over long time periods? Remember how excited I was about how cheap, practical, strong and easy to use they are? I still am as excited, but I was however pondering about a few … Continue reading →

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Now we’re talking

Posted on December 5, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

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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 →

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Hot and alive

Posted on June 13, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

  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 →

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The ultimate measuring experience

Posted on May 24, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

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