Tag Archives: Soil moisture

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

The fingerprint of last weeks’ heavy precipitation on soil moisture in Flemish gardens

Posted on July 17, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, the southeast of Belgium had to cope with extreme precipitation, resulting in hallucinatory images of floodings. These large amounts of precipitation also leave clear traces in the soil moisture measurements of the CurieuzeNeuzen microclimate network. As you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, climate change, CNidT, Curieuzeneuzen, Extreme weather, floodings, Gardens, Global change, Outdoors, Soil moisture | Leave a comment

Micro moisture

Posted on February 21, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

For a long time, I have been arguing that we should focus on the micro-environment to understand where plants live, and where they will be going in a future with a changing climate. Studying the micro-environment experienced by plants however creates … Continue reading →