Tag Archives: Temperature

The hottest lawns are not always in the city

Posted on May 15, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

According to the first results of our citizen science project ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’, lawns in urban gardens can also be quite cool. This came as a bit of a surprise. [English summary based on today’s discussion of our results … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Citizen science, Climate, CNidT, Curieuzeneuzen, Gardens, Heat islands, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors, Temperature | Leave a comment

History in the making

Posted on October 28, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

What you see brightening up my garden on the picture above is what we hope will be the future of microclimate monitoring: a TMS-logger with connection to the internet! Yes, you read that correctly, TOMST is currently working on a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged climate change, Drought, Ecology, Garden, Garden photography, Microclimate, Nature, Science, Temperature | 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 →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged City, Climate, climate change, Flanders, Microclimate, Science, Soil, Temperature, Urban | Leave a comment

Research network

Posted on December 11, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Science works best when people work together. This is especially true for the big questions, that involve the whole world in all its complexity. With our growing SoilTemp-database, that is exactly the type of questions we hope to answer: how are … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plant, Temperature, Weather | Leave a comment

SoilTemp: towards a global map and database of soil temperature and climate

Posted on August 24, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Short: we are looking for soil temperature data from all over the world for inclusion in our global database. Update: find the SoilTemp-website here! Many questions in ecology revolve around climate: what climatic requirements do organisms have, how do they … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Biogeography, Climate, climate change, Climatology, Ecology, Nature, Science, Temperature | 1 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 →