Tag Archives: Science

Through the trees

Posted on August 8, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Like the Florida jungle, where at first sight all is a uniform green, before slowly the exciting plants and animals start to appear. That’s how the schedule of the conference of the Ecological Society of America tends to look. Hundreds, … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, Animals, Conference, Ecology, ESA2016, Everglades, Florida, Science, Travel, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | 4 Comments

Florida

Posted on August 7, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Good morning, sunshine state! Allow me to bring some mountain ecology to the Florida wetlands… I’m here in Fort Lauderdale for the conference of the Ecological Society of America, ready to spread the word about our research. Exciting!

Posted in USA | Tagged Boats, Ecology, ESA, ESA2016, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Mountains, Photography, Science, Water | 7 Comments

The stars of the project

Posted on August 3, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

You can scroll through lots of pictures of nice landscapes and curious plants in my previous posts on our fieldwork trip to Scandinavia, but that leaves us with one important question: did we actually see any of the stars of the project, our non-native mountain invaders? … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, arctic, Ecology, Fieldwork, Flowers, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | Leave a comment

Earth’s stage

Posted on July 27, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Concerning the weather, mountains never disappoint. They are earth’s stage for some of the most impressive shows I have ever seen, involving cloud formations of all types and structures. If it is a thunderstorm racing over the lake towards you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Atmosphere, Clouds, Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

Picturesque

Posted on July 23, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Every time we pass this adorable little lighthouse in the Skjomen fjord in the high north of Norway, I have to think of the definition of picturesque (visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting). Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Architecture, Fieldwork, Fjords, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Norway, Ocean, Scandinavia, Science, Travel, Travelling | 3 Comments

Behold the buttercup

Posted on July 19, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We had to battle the fog and rains, withstand the iciest fieldwork conditions and climb above 1000 meters in the ice-cold subarctic mountains (in the valley of Laktatjakka, close to Abisko, Sweden), but we finally sow it flowering: the glacier … Continue reading →