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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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Good Field Practices

Posted on May 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow, we have an important lab meeting with summer coming up: good field practices. We will bring together the master and PhD-students working with us to talk about the do’s and don’ts in the field, and to learn from each … Continue reading →

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On the radio

Posted on May 20, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, I got invited by the local radio to talk about our research. The presenter asked me if she would be taking some seeds home from the mountains when she would be travelling there next week. That got me … Continue reading →

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Passing milestones

Posted on May 11, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Today was a day of big numbers, for me and the SoilTemp-project we are working on: our database passed two fantastic milestones. We now have over 5000 loggers from more than 40 countries in the database, which I am currently … Continue reading →

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TADA

Posted on May 3, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Last weekend, I did something a bit different from my usual science-ing: I got invited to give a workshop at ‘TADA‘, an organisation that gives ‘workshops for the future’, a Saturday school for economically disadvantaged children in the city of … Continue reading →

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