Tag Archives: Travel
Travelling the world
… without getting anywhere! I am working on some very interesting global models now, bringing together all the data from our colleagues in mountain regions all over the world. I aim to bring together all this data to make maps … Continue reading
A fifteen minutes city trip
I am on a roll with my computerwork! With fieldwork being on hold till summer is back, I can thoroughly work on all the data analyses, and that is going very smooth. With all that working inside, I feared however … Continue reading
Lessons from history
The Celts had been there. The Romans. Napoleon III. Soldiers had built stairs there for the German emperor. Century after century, people had climbed Le Grand Donon to overlook the world. It had made for a mythical place, one where … Continue reading
Microclimate!
It is that time of the year again: when the weather nicely reveals the effect of microclimate on the landscape. If the world gets covered in a thin layer of snow, we can quickly see which spots are colder than … Continue reading
On top of the world
It is nice when the world reminds me again of why I called this blog ‘On top of the world’ in the first place. It is this amazing thrill of climbing a mountain, working your way to the top, taking in … Continue reading
Long and winding
It is a long and winding trail, the new project we are working on. A new and exciting question, with a lot of intermediate steps before we will get to the final answer. Luckily, I love long and winding trails, … Continue reading










