Tag Archives: Hiking

Belgians see nature in their municipality deteriorating

Posted on September 15, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

This is the main preliminary result of a large-scale survey conducted by the Universities of Antwerp and Liège among more than 1200 Belgians. 60% indicated that the quality of nature in their municipality has decreased over the last 5 years, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecology, Hiking, Nature, Outdoors, Science | Leave a comment

Fieldwork night

Posted on September 8, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

PhD candidate Jan is currently representing the team in the high north. Tonight: spectacular yet lonely dinner-with-a-view in the waffle house on top of Låktatjåkko mountain, cosely tucked away from the windy 2°C that rules outside. The coronavirus has made … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, PhD, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Heather

Posted on August 31, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Finally got another field day again – they really are scarce and far between nowadays. But what a field day it was: heading back to Flanders’ most beautiful heathland to harvest our temperature loggers we have been hiding there for … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Heathland, Hiking, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, Plant photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Tales from the field

Posted on August 17, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

The global pandemic is still restricting lots of our fieldwork, and we have to cancel unfortunately another batch of work planned in northern Norway, but not all of it is going down the drain. PhD-student Ronja, for example, is having … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Norway, Outdoors, PhD, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

The hiking trail invasions

Posted on December 5, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

We like mountain trails. But we are not alone, it looks like: invasive plant species love them as well as a gateway to invade higher elevations areas. What we always suspected, is now finally proven, thanks to the work of … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General, Science | Tagged Andes, Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Plants, Science, Travel, Traveling | Leave a comment

Death is life

Posted on November 3, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Halloween has passed, with rain and wind and falling autumn leaves. And all over the forest: the very spooky ‘consumers of the death’, the creatures of the dark soils feasting on what has fallen: the saprotrophs and detritivores. What better … Continue reading →