Tag Archives: Science

Green living things

Posted on January 20, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

There is an interesting challenge around, inspired by a comic from xkcd, in which scientists try to explain their research with only the thousand (or better: “ten-hundred”) most common words in the English language. Well, that’s the kind of challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged climate change, Communication, Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Plant photography, Plants, Scicomm, Science | Leave a comment

Paris

Posted on January 16, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Passing through Paris today on my way to Amiens for a meet-up with colleagues. Looking forward to great science! Paris, so close to home, yet it feels so different from Belgium!

Posted in France | Tagged Architecture, cityscapes, France, Paris, Science, Travel, Travel photography | 1 Comment

The state of biogeography

Posted on January 10, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

The yearly meetings of the International Biogeographical Society (IBS) provide the perfect opportunity to learn the latest about what is happening in this fascinating field (which focusses on the distribution of species on our planet, in past, present and future). … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Spain | Tagged Biogeography, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Science, Spain, Travel photography | Leave a comment

Malaga

Posted on January 2, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Next week will bring me to Malaga, Spain, to a conference of the International Biogeography Society (IBS), a network of ecologists interested in the distribution of species. I will go there as a representative of my two favourite global networks: … Continue reading →

Posted in Spain | Tagged Biogeography, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mediterranean, Science, Travel, Travel photography | Leave a comment

2018 in stories (2)

Posted on December 29, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Following good-old traditions, we end the year with an overview of the most viewed posts on this blog from the past 12 months. In a previous post, we started our overview of 2018 with the 5 most viewed posts of the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Scandinavia, Science, Trails, Travel photography | Leave a comment

2018 in stories (1)

Posted on December 25, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Here on ‘On top of the world’, we have the tradition to end the year with a ‘best of’, a list of the most read stories on this blog from the last year. This list helps us to wrap up … Continue reading →