Tag Archives: Ecology

Going up the Andes

Posted on August 20, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

One day, a fantastic gift arrived from one of my Chilean colleagues: a compendium of non-native plant species in the country. Beautifully illustrated and brimming with clear information, I immediately found it to be a go-to resource for understanding ruderal … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Chile | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Non-native species, Plant invasions, Plant photography | Leave a comment

A climate change ecologists’ dream

Posted on August 14, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

It was a misty morning in the heart of July, yet the sky held the promise of turning into a brilliant blue canvas. Our team embarked on a short but steep hike to conquer the summit of mount Nuolja, setting … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plant photography, Travel photography | 2 Comments

Science at its most adventurous

Posted on July 29, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

We had stumbled upon a great treasure, when our colleague Keith, from Abisko in northern Sweden, found an old research paper from the 1950s written by a botanist called Olav Gjaerevoll. This Olav had spent several summers in the 1940s … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Climbing, Ecology, Mountain hiking, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Snowbeds | 5 Comments

A call answered across the globe

Posted on July 9, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

It’s safe to say that last month’s call for microclimate data for our growing SoilTemp database was a success. Almost two hundred new datasets, ranging from just a few sensors to a whopping 32 thousand per dataset, poured into our … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Data, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Nature, Science, SoilTemp | Leave a comment

Species on the move

Posted on June 2, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

‘Species On The Move’: It’s a conference name with a ring to it. Its goal is to bring together scientists and conservationists around the topic of the impact of climate change on species distributions. This third edition was held in … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Animal photography, climate change, Ecology, Florida, Range shifts, Science, Species distributions, Travel photography | 3 Comments

An efficient way to obtain soil texture data

Posted on April 27, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

When we designed our large-scale citizen science project ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’, we soon realized we had a problem on our hands: if we wanted to get an accurate idea of soil temperature and especially soil moisture from our 5000 … Continue reading →