Tag Archives: Travel

What the new year will bring

Posted on January 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

A PhD lasts only for a short period in one’s life. The plan is to get as much out of it as possible, that is for sure. I would like to make use of the beginning of this new year … Continue reading →

Posted in The research | Tagged Ecology, Experiments, future, Mountains, Nature, New Year, PhD, Photography, Plans, Publication, Science, Travel, Traveling | 2 Comments

Love Shine-a light…

Posted on December 27, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Visit the gallery of this event on the right of the blog! Cold days, endless dark nights, today with some additional snow and ice… Winter is upon us and it is trying to make us gloomy and depressed. But I will not … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Animals, Antwerp, Asia, China, China Light, Christmas, Dragon, Light festival, New Year, Photography, Pictures, Plants, Tourism, Travel, Winter, Zoo | 7 Comments

To the test

Posted on December 17, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Remember my magical measuring devices for logging soil temperature over long time periods? Remember how excited I was about how cheap, practical, strong and easy to use they are? I still am as excited, but I was however pondering about a few … Continue reading →

Posted in The research | Tagged Abisko, Climate, Design, Ecology, Flowers, Instruments, Methods, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Science, Temperature, Testing, Travel | 4 Comments

Alpine or not alpine?

Posted on November 11, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

When can we call a plant a true mountain plant? What is the optimal definition to divide plants in two categories; alpine or not? Those questions currently keep me occupied during my working day. I thought to shed some light on the differences here with … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden, The research | Tagged Alpine, Ecology, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Sweden, Travel | Leave a comment

Bariloche’s beauty

Posted on November 2, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Called “Little Switzerland”, at the foot of the Andes, Bariloche is a stunning beauty of a place… Click here to loose yourself in a photo gallery of its amazing lakes and mountains. I could try to describe the emotions that … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Andes, Argentina, Bariloche, Ecology, Global, Lake, Lake Nahuel Huapi, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Travel, World | 3 Comments

Pine-vasion

Posted on October 30, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

There are some striking differences between Europe and South-America. An important one that caught my ecological eye is created by the high levels of exotic invasions. Compared to the invasion in the places I visited in South-America, plant invasion in Europe … Continue reading →