Tag Archives: Science

Above the polar circle – skua’s and buttercups

Posted on August 3, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain ecologist Jonas Lembrechts spent ten intense fieldwork days above the polar circle in Sweden and Norway, where he follows non-native plant species and their spread in the mountains. This post is the last one in a serie on this expedition. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Adventures, Animals, Birds, Climbing, Hiking, Mountains, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Polar circle, Scandinavia, Science, Skua, Sweden, Travelling | 4 Comments

Above the polar circle – rematch, please

Posted on July 28, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain ecologist Jonas Lembrechts spent ten intense fieldwork days above the polar circle in Sweden and Norway, where he follows non-native plant species and their spread in the mountains. This post appears in a serie on this expedition. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Adventure, Adventurous travel, Ecology, Experiments, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hike, Hiking, Lapland, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Plant invasion, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Snow, Sweden | 7 Comments

Above the polar circle – Norway

Posted on July 22, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain ecologist Jonas Lembrechts spent ten intense fieldwork days above the polar circle in Sweden and Norway, where he follows non-native plant species and their spread in the mountains. This post appears in a serie on this expedition. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Climate, Ecology, Hike, Hiking, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, north, Norway, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Subarctic, Temperature, Travel | 4 Comments

Above the polar circle – old and new

Posted on July 20, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain ecologist Jonas Lembrechts spent ten intense fieldwork days above the polar circle in Sweden and Norway, where he follows non-native plant species and their spread in the mountains. This post appears in a serie on this expedition. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Conservation, Ecology, exotic species, Experiment, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hike, Hiking, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, north, Outside, Plants, Polar circle, Scandinavia, Science, Summer, Sweden | 1 Comment

Success

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am on my way back to Belgium after a very intense but successful field campaign in the high north. We managed to do everything we planned: setting up a new experiment around Abisko, revisiting last year’s experiment and collecting over … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abisko, Birds, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, measuring, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Skua, Summer, Travel, Travelling | 2 Comments

Go go go!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Only a week after the seeds went into the soil in my experiment at the university in Belgium, seedlings are already bravely facing the heat wave. Always awesome to see their little green faces pop up above the soil, especially … Continue reading →