Projects
Blue-Green strategies for climate change adaptation (TURQUOISE). University of Antwerp
Blue-Green strategies for climate change adaptation (TURQUOISE). University of Antwerp
Travel Credit Steven Van Passel to stay at Yale University as part of future research: "A Ricardians analysis of the impacts of climate change on European agriculture" Hasselt University
Climate change and effect on Pollination Services Ghent University
Pollinators are one of the best examples on how biodiversity can be essential for ecosystem
resilience and for our own food safety. They participate to the ecosystem services of
pollination for a majority of our crops. Our food production depends on them. Unfortunately,
major pollinators like bees are threatened at a different intensity according to their species
and distribution. Their decline is associated to human ...
The calm before the storm? Biotic responses to climate and environmental change in the final chapter of the Cretaceous Period Vrije Universiteit Brussel
caused the sudden biodiversity decline known as the CretaceousPaleogene boundary mass extinction, various studies have
suggested that gradual, but distinct, environmental changes related
to the terminal Cretaceous phase of the Deccan Traps Large Igneous
Province led to an accumulation of ecological stress in the last 0.5
million years before the ...
Tackling the source of runoff and water erosion: How resilient are our managed headwaters to climate change? Ghent University
Recent successes in headwater rehabilitation around the world indicate that gully erosion (i.e. the incision of soils due to the erosive action of concentrated overland flow) can be tackled. The longterm impact of land management efforts to counter the effects of climate change, however, remains uncertain. To gain insights into the landscape’s resilience to external climatic forcing, this research envisages to compile datasets on gully ...
The role of climate and anthropogenic land cover change on alluvial peatlands in contrasting environments: a field and modelling approach. KU Leuven
During the last two decades significant progress has been made in both the quantification and the understanding of contemporary fluxes of carbon at various spatial scales. This is also true with respect to erosion processes and sediment transport by rivers, and recent studies have shown how human-induced erosion impacts the long-term cycling of carbon in fluvial systems. However, less attention has been paid to the indirect consequences of ...
Climate change in cities: impact of the urban heat island on microclimate, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in urban forests Ghent University
Forests are biodiversity hotspots and provide a multitude of ecosystem services. An important characteristic of forests is their microclimate beneath the canopy layer, which buffers temperatures. The forest microclimate provides favourable conditions for understorey species, which are sensitive to climate warming. Some ecosystem functions are strongly driven by temperature, e.g. litter decomposition. Urban areas are characterised by increased ...
Sowing the seeds of adaptation: a pan-European study on agricultural resilience, assessing experiences and perceptions of climate change among actors across different sectors Ghent University
Climate change (CC) is posing a challenge for agriculture worldwide, but producers’ and consumers’ perspectives are often overlooked in scientific research. This study addresses this gap by assessing perceptions and experiences of CC impacts and adaptation strategies among different actors along the value chain and across different regions and sectors of the European agrifood sector. To this end, this research involves interviews with ...