Tag Archives: Flanders

Climate impacts on your doorstep

Posted on January 13, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

A little walk

Posted on March 17, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Rainy weather and thesis writing joined forces to lock me up inside a bit more than I would like in the first months of 2018, yet that is a pattern that I am determined to break. Because what is nicer … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Belgium, Flanders, Landscape photography, Macro photography, Moss, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants | Leave a comment

Knotted

Posted on February 8, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Recently, I have been giving more thoughts to the human influence on nature in our own country. When walking through Flanders, it soon gets obvious that humans are everywhere. Even more, it is clear that the pure, undisturbed nature is gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Belgium, Disturbance, Flanders, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Trees, Walking, Willows | 2 Comments

Science Day

Posted on November 26, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow is ‘science day’ in Flanders, a day in which scientists and the public are brought together (at least, that one day this is done in a much more spectacular way than usual). A day in which young and old can … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Antwerp, Belgium, climate change, Dag van de Wetenschap, Ecology, Flanders, Nature, Plant invasions, Plants, Science, Science Day | 2 Comments

Bluebell-beauties: a gallery

Posted on May 3, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Some eye candy: scroll through pictures of beeches and bluebells from the Hallerbos in the gallery on the right. As an assistant in the course on forest types at our university, I spent several hours of my springtime in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Belgium, Bluebells, Flanders, Forests, Hallerbos, Hiking, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Spring, Travel | 3 Comments

Foggy

Posted on November 10, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Scientific experiments take a long time. Before the very first meeting at which a research question is proposed and the publication of the final answer, there is a seemingly endless amount of intermittent steps (you can get an idea about all of them here). For me as … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Autumn, Belgium, Ecology, Flanders, Hypothesis, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mist, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Research, Science, Student | Leave a comment

Hallerbos

Posted on March 18, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am preparing half a day course on forest types for the 3d years at our university. The course will be completed with an excursion to the Hallerbos, one of the most beautiful and world-famous forests in Belgium. The forest is known for … Continue reading →