Tag Archives: Hiking

News from the field

Posted on July 23, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

It has been a roller coaster ride to get the whole team in northern Scandinavia, as you can read here, but now the fieldwork is on a roll! That things are going well is testified by the pictures I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | Leave a comment

Epic

Posted on July 15, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

What an epic week was this! The mountain part of The 3D Lab wanted to get to northern Sweden for an important summer of fieldwork, but the world was against it… A massive strike at Scandinavian Airlines (they seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Global change, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science | 1 Comment

Final rehearsal

Posted on July 9, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Yesterday, we took (part of) our team to the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, one of Flanders’ most impressive heathland areas. The goal? Prepare for the upcoming fieldwork season in northern Scandinavia, where soon a team of 6 from our lab will go … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Botany, Ecology, Fieldwork, Heathland, Hiking, Kalmthout, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

An injection of mountain views

Posted on July 7, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

I got to spend a bit under a week in the city of Davos, in the Swiss Alps, last week (more on the what and why here!). With such a backdrop for a conference, we decided that an early morning … Continue reading →

Posted in Switzerland | Tagged Davos, Ecology, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Science | 2 Comments

Beyond the trailside

Posted on July 4, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

It is a question not too often asked: what is the impact of hiking trails on the vegetation they cross? In a series of observational studies in mountain regions across the globe with the Mountain Invasion Research Network, we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina | Tagged Andes, Global change, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plant invasions, Plants, Travel, Vegetation | Leave a comment

To save our world’s biodiversity

Posted on June 19, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Today I will be presenting our SoilTemp project at the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland. That place might ring a bell from many a global convention, and the conference name even sounds familiar to the World Economic Forum hosted … Continue reading →