Tag Archives: Environment

How microclimate is changing at a different rate

Posted on October 21, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

If you’ve been following my research for a while, you should know by now that microclimate warming rates can be very different from what our weather stations and climate models tell us. We’ve been discussing it for forests, mountains and … Continue reading →

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The green revolution of our playgrounds

Posted on October 12, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

A blogpost by 3D Lab team members Kyra and Olivia What A super cool project that is currently taking place in Zeeland is the Groene Revolutie (translating to Green revolution) organized by IVN Zeeland. The goal? To greenify all school … Continue reading →

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Proving extinction is hard. But we can do so now.

Posted on September 3, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

For decades, climate change ecology has mostly been a story about shifts: species moving upslope, poleward, tracking the climate they’re adapted to as it slides out from under them. It’s one of the best-documented fingerprints of warming in nature. What … Continue reading →

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How much hydrology hides in our microclimate sensors?

Posted on August 27, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

I’ve spent over a decade now sticking small microclimate loggers into the ground, mostly to talk about temperature. Soil moisture has always been the awkward third wheel in that story: TOMST loggers measure it too, our CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin … Continue reading →

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Big, rocky canaries in the coalmine

Posted on August 14, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain tops are big, rocky canaries in the coalmine that is our planet. Up there, above the last trees, change happens in real time and out in the open: plants, rock and climate, negotiating directly with each other. If you … Continue reading →

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A beautiful birthday

Posted on May 24, 2026 by lembrechtsjonas

The MIREN network has turned twenty! Imagine: a global ecological network, built on friendship, enthusiasm, and a shared love for mountains, that has managed not only to survive, but to grow and thrive for two decades. In a scientific world … Continue reading →