Tag Archives: Mountains

The most beautiful view on the lake

Posted on July 7, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The north of Europe is a land filled with mountains and lakes. All these amazing views make the extraordinary ordinary, as the nicest viewpoint is just around every corner. I realized that by the end of the week, we will have seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Amazing views, Europe, Fieldwork, Hiking, Lake, Lake törneträsk, Mountains, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Summer, Sweden, Travel, Traveling | 8 Comments

Pretty flowers and angry lemmings

Posted on July 5, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The first day of our field trip to Abisko was already a big win. We had both weather ànd nature on our site, which resulted in some unforgettable views and moments. We left Belgium in warm summer weather, but skies in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged arctic, Climbing, Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Snow, Subarctic, Summer, Sweden, Tourism, Travel | 2 Comments

California!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

All my traveling and working abroad really starts to pay off! I will present the results of my first paper from Northern Scandinavia on the biggest ecology congress there is: the ESA conference in Sacramento, California, in August this year! This opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, Chile, Luxemburg, Sweden, Tanzania, USA | Tagged America, Belgium, Chile, Conference, ESA, Lapland, Luxembourg, Mountains, Photography, Research, Science, Tanzania, Tenerife, Travel, Travelling, USA | 11 Comments

The ultimate measuring experience

Posted on May 24, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

They look like tiny batteries, round metal cells that hide a measuring instrument and a little bit of memory-space. They are (relatively) cheap and very robust. They are called iButtons and they are more valuable to me than an iPhone. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in The research | Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, equipment, field work, iButtons, measuring, Mountains, PhD, Photography, Science, Temperature | 14 Comments

Spring

Posted on April 22, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The free time and the nice spring weather around Easter created some fantastic opportunities to finally focus on native vegetation again. I got invited to the beautiful hills and forests in Luxemburg, a fantastic chance nobody should ever refuse. It became a … Continue reading →

Posted in Luxemburg | Tagged Beech forest, Flowers, Forest, Hiking, Hills, Luxemburg, Mountains, Plants, Rocks, Spring, Spring flowers | 3 Comments

Catch the wind

Posted on April 15, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Wind blows along unseen, but not unfelt. Winds are everywhere and serve especially in the mountains as an omnipresent companion. I tried to catch the impressiveness of this natural force in pictures to help imagining what mountain plants have to face … Continue reading →