• Home
  • Members
  • News
  • About
  • Contact us
  • IBN Cluster
Language
  • lang English
  • lang Nederlands
VRIVRI
  • Home
  • Members
  • News
  • About
  • Contact us
  • IBN Cluster

Curieuzeneuzen in de tuin: citizen science towards heat and drought

8 February 2021 News No Comments

The “typical Belgian weather” is characterized by a sequence of wet and dry spells, cold and warmer episodes, usually following each other in a sequel of a few days to a few weeks. This temperate and changeable weather is ideal to grow crops like wheat, vegetables and potatoes. But times are changing. Long periods of heat and drought are getting common in springtime and summer.

This is why ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’ has been kicked off! By means of this massive citizen science project we want to gain insight in the microclimate of people’s gardens as well as public green spaces, and measure to which extent they are susceptible to heat and drought. As a side experiment we investigate the impact of extreme weather on the cultivation of potatoes, arguably the favorite crop of every Belgian!

VRI-Member VITO is collaborating to this project. Read the full story here

No Comments
Share
1

You also might be interested in

Newtec wins WTA Teleport Technology of the Year Award 2015

Mar 18, 2015

Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, was yesterday presented with the World Teleport Association (WTA) ‘Teleport Technology of the Year’ award for its Newtec Dialog®multiservice platform with Mx-DMA™ technology.

ICE Cubes Belgian science day on 09-Jun-2017

May 24, 2017

Dear researchers, Space Applications Services NV/SA with the support of BELSPO are delighted to invite you to the first ICE Cubes Belgian science day on 09-Jun-2017.

Hellas Sat chooses Newtec to power new DTH Earth Station

Sep 13, 2015

Hellas Sat, a subsidiary of Arab Satellite Communications Organization – the leading satellite provider in the Middle East and North Africa – today announced it has chosen Newtec’s solutions to power a new multimillion Euro Direct-to-Home (DTH) earth station.

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

Categories

  • News (30)
  • Press articles (52)
  • Uncategorized (1)

Recent newsletters

2021 - 1
2020 - 4
2020 - 3

> View all newsletters

Upcoming events

Sorry, there are no upcoming events at this moment.

Recent posts

  • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Webinar ‘ReThinking NewSpace’: connecting up- to downstream with EO innovation
  • Seminar space economy & job fair (Dutch)

CONTACT

Flemish Space Industry
Berkenrodelei 33, 2660 Hoboken
btw BE 0455.534.170

Tel. +32 477 22 88 67
Fax +32 16 20 06 21
contact@vri.vlaanderen

Projects are supported by the FIT

READ MORE ABOUT

antwerpspace antwerp space ghent university imec newtec OIP Systems vito von Karman Institute xenics
Visit the Flanders Space website

STAY INFORMED

Like and follow us on LinkedIn.

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER

 
 
 
 

© 2023 VRI

Prev Next