Tag Archives: Outdoors

The first map of the air-conditioning effect of European forests

Posted on October 4, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Press release Forest canopies cool summer temperatures with up to 10°C. An international team of scientists led by researchers from the KU Leuven in Belgium now mapped the temperature of all European forest patches to quantify the airco function of … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Climate, Ecology, Forests, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors, Science | Leave a comment

Another year of microclimate citizen science!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’ (CNidT), the large-scale citizen science project on drought, heat and moisture in gardens is playing extensions. After a summer that was exceptionally wet, the project hopes to collect additional data on heat and drought. Find out … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Cities, Citizen science, Climate, climate change, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors, Urban heat islands | Leave a comment

The climate update – exotics in extreme heat

Posted on August 9, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

In ‘The Climate Update’ gives Arne Ven, climate change advisor in the Global Change Ecology center of the University of Antwerp, us a recap of the news – good and bad – about climate change. Part 11 is about heat … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Flanders, Invasive species, Outdoors, Plants, Science, Urban heat island | Leave a comment

A railroad in Kashmir Himalaya

Posted on July 19, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Kashmir Himalaya. A region famous for its breathtaking heights and steep mountain regions. From 1994 to 2013, the Indian government here worked on one of the most challenging railway lines of the world, facing major earthquake zones, extreme temperatures and … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged Global change, Himalaya, Invasive species, Mountains, Outdoors, Plant invasions, Plants, Railroads, Travel | Leave a comment

The fingerprint of last weeks’ heavy precipitation on soil moisture in Flemish gardens

Posted on July 17, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, the southeast of Belgium had to cope with extreme precipitation, resulting in hallucinatory images of floodings. These large amounts of precipitation also leave clear traces in the soil moisture measurements of the CurieuzeNeuzen microclimate network. As you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, climate change, CNidT, Curieuzeneuzen, Extreme weather, floodings, Gardens, Global change, Outdoors, Soil moisture | Leave a comment

Non-natives at the end of the world

Posted on July 12, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

The Crozet archipelago. A few tiny specks in a vast ocean, ‘on the road’ from South Africa to Antarctica. A tough climate, inhabitants limited to a bunch of winter-hardy researchers and the occasional seabird. But also: Poa annua, the common … Continue reading →