Tag Archives: Nature

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 →

Posted in Denmark, General | Tagged Diversity, Ecology, Forests, Hiking, Mushrooms, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Soil ecology | 2 Comments

On the barricades for Arctic insects

Posted on October 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Climate change is no joke, and the Arctic is feeling it. We know this, and have to act accordingly. What we also know, is that Arctic biodiversity is going to take a big part of the blow. What we know … Continue reading →

Posted in Denmark, General | Tagged arctic, Arthropods, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Insects, Nature, Science | Leave a comment

European tree species in decline

Posted on October 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Close to half of Europese tree species are threatened, according to a recent report by the IUCN, the groupin charge of the so-called ‘species red lists’. Causes of this dramatic number? Ongoing forest cutting of course. Yet, most importantly and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Forests, Global change, Global change ecology, Nature, Nature photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Introducing: Dovrefjell

Posted on October 6, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Wide views, rolling hills, rocky mountain tops: we are proud to introduce you to Dovrefjell in the Norwegian mountains, backdrop of a new branch of our fascinating mountain research. It provides the wild scenery enjoyed by Ronja, Ilias (thank him … Continue reading →

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

SoilTemp – interactive

Posted on September 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Proudly presenting: an interactive (!) map of our SoilTemp-project. Click on the image to start exploring the what, how and why of our database initiative, and get warmed up for the real work to come!

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Maps, Microclimate, Nature, Science | Leave a comment

Pink

Posted on September 12, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Nothing says pink like the Flemish heathlands at the end of summer. I was lucky enough to spend one of the last hot summer days on the vast pink plains of the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, where we have our sites for … Continue reading →