Dec11
Mountain research
A benefit of being a researcher is that you visit a lot of different places by attending conferences or doing research. The drawback, especially as a postdoc, is that you constantly have to apply for funding and move a lot. For now at least, I’ve secured funding for a while leaving me time to focus on my research full time.
One of the project I’ll be involved in is looking at food web ecology in the Catalan Pyrenees. The sampling probably won’t begin before 2011 but that didn’t stop me from attending a workshop in October on mountain ecology and climate change in Obergurgl, Austria. The most fascinating part was walking along a glacial moraine where a glacier has retreated with record pace the last few decades. I also went to the Catalan Pyrenees to seek out some potential field sites and to assist with retrieving data from thermostats in mountain lakes. A lot of the lakes were already frozen so at times we had to jump in a look for them.
 Obergurgl in Austria |
 Obergurgl in Austria |
 Walking along the the Rotmoos moraine, Austria |
 Searching for thermostats. Engorgs-Malniu, Catalonia. |
 Alex is fetching a thermostat. Romedo, Catalonia |
 Mountain lake in Colomèrs, Catalonia |
 Walking in Romedo, Catalonia |
 Vall Ferrera, Catalonia |
 One of my favorite locations in Romedo, Catalonia |
