Tag Archives: Global change

What to eat?

Posted on March 13, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Awareness is raising rapidly in our environment that what we eat affects our environment in undeniable ways. We (should) all know by now that eating too much meat has a massive influence, not only concerning animal welfare, yet most notoriously on … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Agriculture, Food, Fruits, Global change, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Photography, Plants, Vegetarian | Leave a comment

Nature disturbs

Posted on February 27, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

A few posts ago, I talked about how humans disturb nature. I might have made it look like disturbance is a typical human thing, and mostly bad for nature. Yet nothing is further from the truth. Disturbance is extremely natural, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Disturbance, Ecology, Global change, Nature, Photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science | 1 Comment

An unusual hero

Posted on February 13, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, Hans Rosling died. Who, you might ask, and why mention him? Well, he might have been one of our few statistical heroes, a man who dedicated his life to the spread of knowledge through the correct use of statistics, … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Architecture, Cities, Development, Global, Global change, Hans Rosling, Nature, Photography, Poverty, Science, World | 5 Comments

Global change ecology

Posted on February 7, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Our research center – the excellence center on Global Change Ecology – started its own blog! Unfortunately for the international audience here, the blog is in Dutch, yet it featured my recent article on the difference between climate and weather! … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Global change, Global change ecology, Ice, Klimaatverandering, Landscape photography, Nature, Photography, Winter | Leave a comment

Blinded by a snowball

Posted on January 27, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

There once was this US senator who brought a snowball to the parliament to proof climate change is not as bad as we wanted him to believe. A small act, you could even call it a joke, yet it pops … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Cold, Ecology, future, Global change, Landscape photography, Photography, Science, Winter | 8 Comments

Knotweeding

Posted on January 23, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

It was a mess of pieces, like shattered bones on a battlefield. A macaber sight that seemed to add some extra drama to the story of plant invasion. In between all the branches and sticks on the frozen floor, new … Continue reading →