Tag Archives: Nature

On the measurement of microclimate

Posted on May 14, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Ecologists nowadays are trying to get closer to measurements of the microclimate that organisms are actually experiencing. Weather stations are great, standardized sources of temperature data at 2 m in the air, yet organisms often relate more strongly to what … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Measurements, Microclimate, Nature, Science | Leave a comment

Good family man or sulking teenager: an update on our data network

Posted on May 12, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The data from the lawn network of our citizen science project (CNidT) is transmitted via the Internet of Things. With its 5,000 connected sensors, CNidT is also the largest Internet of Things network in Belgium. Pioneering work, therefore, and that … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, climate change, CNidT, Curieuzeneuzen, Gardens, Microclimate, Nature, outdoor | Leave a comment

Cold fieldwork news

Posted on May 11, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

I received some pictures from the snowy colds of the Norwegian mountains this week, where The3DLab-member Ronja went on a cross-country ski tour to her seed addition experiment to measure snow depth. Snow is a crucial component of microclimate as … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Skiing, Snow, Winter | Leave a comment

Saving the world isn’t rocket science

Posted on April 22, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The3DLab member Ronja got interviewed for a podcast at her university in Trondheim! A very nice summary of her research. You can find the podcast here, or on Spotify! The podcast investigates the environmental impacts of hiking trails in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Hiking, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Podcast, Science, Sustainability | Leave a comment

Aliens in the Arctic

Posted on April 15, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

In a recent study co-authored by The3DLab-member Ronja Wedegärtner, a team of researchers have mapped invasive plants on Svalbard, and the results leave no doubt; alien plants grow where humans have been. The research team found 36 alien plant species, … Continue reading →

Posted in Svalbard | Tagged arctic, climate change, Ecology, Nature, Outdoors, Plant invasions, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Weather station networks, reinvented

Posted on March 25, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

We need a different kind of weather station networks to answer most ecological questions. We argue that what we need is countrywide ‘microclimate networks’, that measure weather conditions there where they matter for ecology and nature around us. Where weather … Continue reading →