Tag Archives: Travel

Functional

Posted on March 28, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, I took the train down to Montpellier, in the sunny Meditteranean part of France, to join a conference on Functional Ecology. Here, scientists gather around the common goal of trying to find the ‘how’ in ecology. How do … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Ecology, France, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mediterranean, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Travel, Traveling | 1 Comment

East-ward bound

Posted on March 24, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

As you can see in my previous post, where you can find an insightful map of my current global scientific network, my global network has only a limited connection with the east. While strong ties exist within Europe and across the ocean to … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, General | Tagged Architecture, Asia, Flowers, Gardens, Global, Japan, Nature, Photography, Plants, Spring, Travel | Leave a comment

Interact

Posted on March 3, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

I have some awesome news for this summer! With the help from INTERACT, the European program supporting research in the Arctic, we just made this summers’ research project s in Lapland official. INTERACT has a trans-national access program, which creates opportunities for researchers throughout Europe to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged arctic, Europe, Fieldwork, Interact, Landscape photography, Lapland, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Global Change Ecology Centre initiates CO2 compensation of flights

Posted on January 21, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

As I said earlier, we at the Global Change Ecology Centre of the University of Antwerp are working towards a reduction of our carbon footprint, through a more sustainable flight strategy and a carbon compensation project. As I find this … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Carbon, carbon compensation, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Global warming, Nature, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Compensations

Posted on December 10, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We all play a part in CO2-emissions, the main culprit of many of the climate-related disasters we more and more observe on this rapidly warming planet. We all play a part, and especially in our Western world, we can say … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Airplanes, climate change, Conservation, flying, Global change ecology, Global warming, Nature, Travel | Leave a comment

Haiku

Posted on November 9, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Travelling plants take Roads up and down our mountains No legs, yet still fast It does not happen often that scientists dare to take the jump to something as far out of their comfort zone as poetry. Yet we all agree … Continue reading →