Tag Archives: Global change ecology

Can collaboration help us tackle the big issues of ecology?

Posted on March 10, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Ronja Wedegärtner, PhD student at NTNU in Norway and in The 3D Lab, takes you on a reflective tour of the key discussion point of last weeks’ meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland: how we as ecologists can take up our task … Continue reading →

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 →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Citizen science, Climate, climate change, Flanders, Gardens, Global change, Global change ecology, Home, Science | 1 Comment

European tree species in decline

Posted on October 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Close to half of Europese tree species are threatened, according to a recent report by the IUCN, the groupin charge of the so-called ‘species red lists’. Causes of this dramatic number? Ongoing forest cutting of course. Yet, most importantly and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Forests, Global change, Global change ecology, Nature, Nature photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Elevation and climate as drivers of non-native species distributions

Posted on August 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For MIREN, we are working on an awesome blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 3 in the series, follow the whole story on www.mountaininvasions.org. If … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

About wrapping up 2 field seasons

Posted on August 25, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

This is a guest post by Charly Geron, PhD-student at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech and in our Virtual Lab. One month ago, I was left with mixed feelings about finishing up my second field season, and acquiring massive amount of data … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Invasive species, Nature, Plants, Science, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

Thanking the citizens

Posted on July 28, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Hi citizen! We have to thank you. Really, we are eternally grateful for what you do! Let me explain: we have this interesting scientific question about non-native plant species in cities. We know they are there – tons of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Belgium, Cities, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Invasive species, Nature, Nature photography, Plant invasion, Plant photography, Science | 1 Comment

City life

Posted on April 19, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Take this proudly walking pigeon in the port of Barcelona as an announcement for next week’s talk about life in the city, which I’ll be giving for the biologist students at the University of Antwerp. In a session in a … Continue reading →