Tag Archives: Outdoors

The hidden waterfall

Posted on August 8, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Years of travelling to the same place and monitoring the vegetation along the same trail, and nobody ever told me about this beautiful waterfall just 50 meters off track! It sits at the base of the ‘Björkliden’ trail, close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Travel photography, Waterfall | Leave a comment

News from the field

Posted on July 23, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

It has been a roller coaster ride to get the whole team in northern Scandinavia, as you can read here, but now the fieldwork is on a roll! That things are going well is testified by the pictures I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | Leave a comment

Epic

Posted on July 15, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

What an epic week was this! The mountain part of The 3D Lab wanted to get to northern Sweden for an important summer of fieldwork, but the world was against it… A massive strike at Scandinavian Airlines (they seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Global change, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science | 1 Comment

Final rehearsal

Posted on July 9, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Yesterday, we took (part of) our team to the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, one of Flanders’ most impressive heathland areas. The goal? Prepare for the upcoming fieldwork season in northern Scandinavia, where soon a team of 6 from our lab will go … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Botany, Ecology, Fieldwork, Heathland, Hiking, Kalmthout, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

To save our world’s biodiversity

Posted on June 19, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Today I will be presenting our SoilTemp project at the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland. That place might ring a bell from many a global convention, and the conference name even sounds familiar to the World Economic Forum hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in Switzerland | Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Global change, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, WBF2022 | Leave a comment

Trampling to save mountain plant diversity?

Posted on June 13, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

By Ronja Wedegärtner and Jonas Lembrechts What do you think about when you follow a hiking path up to the nearest mountain peak? When not thinking about the next chocolate break or the view, I spend my time thinking about … Continue reading →