Tag Archives: Nature

Weather station data insufficient for predicting the faith of biodiversity under climate change

Posted on July 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been doing it all wrong with how we study what the effect of climate change on our biodiversity will be, say Jonas Lembrechts from the University of Antwerp and an international team of ecologists. Their warning is published … Continue reading →

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Dark

Posted on July 21, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Dark clouds over our Dark Diversity experiment, yesterday. An unstable atmosphere – some thunderclouds passing to the north of us – made for dramatic views of the heathland in the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, when we were out there collecting data for … Continue reading →

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Heather

Posted on July 19, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

While most of the fieldwork campaigns this summer are being taken care of by our awesome teams of PhD and master students, there is a few sets of field days I am joining. One of them just happened on a … Continue reading →

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The climate the organisms feel

Posted on July 5, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Short: our recent review in Ecography got awarded as runner-up of the E4-award, the Ecography award for Excellence in Ecology and Evolution. To celebrate that success, I am re-posting the original blogpost that explains the story. More of an auditory learner? … Continue reading →

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For MIREN, we are working on an awesome new blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 1, so stay tuned for more! Originally posted on … Continue reading →

Posted on June 17, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas | Leave a comment

Botanical beauty

Posted on June 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

A sunny spring day brought me to the botanical garden in Meise, close to Brussels. An amazing garden with picturesque views behind every corner. A friend of mine makes it a point to stroll through the botanical garden of each … Continue reading →

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