Tag Archives: Soil

An efficient way to obtain soil texture data

Posted on April 27, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

When we designed our large-scale citizen science project ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’, we soon realized we had a problem on our hands: if we wanted to get an accurate idea of soil temperature and especially soil moisture from our 5000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, Ecology, Gardens, Labwork, Science, Soil, Urban soils | Leave a comment

Soils!

Posted on March 29, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Heaps of soil in the sun, that is our view this week! We are starting a little sensor calibration experiment, where we create a variety of soils as we find in our garden experiment across Flanders to test the soil … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Experiment, Fieldwork, Flanders, Microclimate, Science, Soil, Soil moisture | 1 Comment

Bacteria: a thermometer for the past

Posted on December 2, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

It was at a lunchtime seminar of our research group that Cindy De Jonge introduced a new concept to me: using variation in cell membrane lipids (affectionately called brGDGT lipids by those who love them) as a thermometer for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged Bacteria, brGDGTs, Ecology, Fieldwork, Microclimate, Mountains, Science, Soil, Soil ecology, Tundra | Leave a comment

Happy hunting

Posted on October 14, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

I spent a happy, sunny, warm autumn Saturday on the farm with my oldest. The goal? Finding back the microclimate sensors we installed there together in early spring, and taking soil samples for soil microbial analysis. And learning about farm … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Climate, Farming, Microclimate, Nature photography, Science, Soil, Toddler | Leave a comment

Sensors

Posted on July 24, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Eleven thousand and counting! This summer has been huge for our SoilTemp-database. Little could we have imagined that our project would become such a tremenduous success, with people contributing from all over the world! We are now collecting pictures as … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature, Science, Soil | Leave a comment

Microclimate in the city

Posted on July 15, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Summer 2020 is now in full swing, and that means our trial for our garden microclimate project is in full swing! Let me guide you through some of the plans with some awesome pictures: We use these set-ups from Leuven.cool … Continue reading →