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How are the nights?
Oh, how often comes that question: ‘And… how are the nights?’ Since Zoyla has been born, there has been a spark of interest into our sleeping habits, often accompagnied by worried looks for growing bags under my eyes. I could … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Baby, Baby daddy, Dadlife, Parenthood, Parenting, rstats, Science
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Climate impacts on your doorstep
Extreme weather events are all over the news in recent years, with intense floodings in Asia, fires raging through Australia, and record heatwaves melting the asphalt in Western-Europe. We are all starting to feel the impact of the changing climate … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Citizen science, Climate, climate change, Flanders, Gardens, Global change, Global change ecology, Home, Science
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Ready for 2020
The 3D lab is ready for the new year to come, and plans are bigger than ever! Let’s take the opportunity of those dark days before January to highlight some of the things we hope to bring to you: First … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged Cities, climate change, Global change, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Science, Students, Teamwork
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Strengthening SoilTemp
Our SoilTemp-network got pretty lucky the week for Christmas: the project we applied for with the Research Foundation Flanders got funded, ensuring that our database iniative can gear up even more! Although it was a relatively small grant that covers … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature, Science, SoilTemp, Travel
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Microclimatic conditions anywhere at any time!
Earlier this month, the journal Global Change Biology asked me to write a little commentary about a recent paper . Well, that’s an offer one cannot refuse! First of all: that’s a tremendous honour; thanks GCB to think of me … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Science
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The hiking trail invasions
We like mountain trails. But we are not alone, it looks like: invasive plant species love them as well as a gateway to invade higher elevations areas. What we always suspected, is now finally proven, thanks to the work of … Continue reading
Posted in Chile, General, Science
Tagged Andes, Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Plants, Science, Travel, Traveling
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Fluorescence
For years, I have been teaching a practical course on the measurement of plant stress to our master students. In that course, we introduce them to the magical ecological process called ‘fluorescence’ to investigate stress in their studied plant species. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged climate change, Ecology, Fieldwork, Global change, Nature, PhD, Plants, Science
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