Who is denying global warming?

Recently, the "New York Times" published an article entitled "This is not what you imagine: the summer is getting hot" article. NASA retired climate scientist, Columbia University professor James Hansen (James Hansen) of a study shows that since the 1950s, the summer temperature gradually tend to be extremely hot.

Hansen and his two colleagues obtained a fixed baseline mean by comparing the actual summer temperatures for each decade since the 1980s. On the basis of this, from 1951 to 1980, one-third of the summer in the northern hemisphere was considered "normal", one third was "cold" and one third was "hot". After 1980, summer temperatures drastically changed, between 2005 and 2015, two-thirds of the year fell into "hot", and 15% went into a new district: "extremely hot".

Nevertheless, global warming is still a controversial topic. Last week, Project Syndicate released the article "Uncovering the Mask for Closer of Climate Change", author Benjamin Franta, a former researcher at the Harvard Institute of Science and International Affairs at Kennedy College, Harvard University, currently at Stanford University A Ph.D. degree in scientific history, dedicated to environmental policy and scientific manipulation of the study. He pointed out that 25 years after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the world still did not establish an agreement to deal effectively with global warming, and President Trump also allowed the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Causing the power of procrastination.

Art exhibition adds splash of colour Helmsley Walled Garden

ARTISTS Connie Fairweather and Margaret Rivers are contributing to the colour of the Orchid House at Helmsley Walled Garden with a staging of their paintings inspired by nature.

The exhibition runs until Sunday and can be viewed by visitors to the garden every day from 10am to 5pm.
Connie and Margaret, both from Ripon, take their inspiration from the natural world.
Connie, who trained at York School of Art in the 1960s, focuses on the wealth of beauty to be found in nature and works in several different mediums to explore and develop her ideas.
Margaret is a self-taught artist who started producing pen and ink drawings of botanical specimens to go towards a native flora when she was living in Sierra Leone.
On her return to the UK, she took a range of short courses, including a course on botanical illustration at the University of Sheffield. Both have exhibited in various locations around the region, but this is their first time exhibiting at Helmsley Walled Garden.
Tricia Harris, marketing manager, said: “We are so pleased to be able to exhibit the work of Connie Fairweather and Margaret Rivers in the wonderful setting of the Orchid House, a restored Victorian glasshouse.
“Their work, exploring themes in nature complements the Garden and the beauty to be found inside its walls. “We hope visitors will enjoy the exhibition and perhaps take a picture home as a souvenir of their visit.”

Why won’t Fuji apple tree bear fruit?

There are a variety of possible reasons why your Fuji apple tree is failing to bear fruit, including pruning techniques, variety and pollination.

If the tree has never bloomed, you may be pruning too severely. Most fruit trees require the development of spurs or short shoots on which flowers will form. It is important not to cut off all of the 1-year-old growth.

Allow dappled light to enter throughout the tree by thinning out crowded growth. Lack of sunlight can also prevent flowering and fruit set. In addition, avoid excessive heading cuts, especially during the dormant season, since heading encourages vigorous growth and reduces flower development.

If the tree has bloomed but has never set fruit, it may not be a Fuji or may need to have an additional pollinizer placed nearby to encourage bees and pollination. Although the Fuji cultivar should be "self-fruitful," meaning that it should not require cross-pollination from another apple cultivar to set fruit, it may be possible that the tree just needs additional help. Because it did have one instance of bearing fruit, perhaps a nearby apple cultivar in a neighbor’s yard helped with cross-pollination.

If the tree is not a Fuji or "self-fruitful," it will require a pollinizer (a tree or branch of a different apple variety with a similar bloom period) planted nearby (no further than 35 to 50 feet away). If there is no room to plant an additional tree, a pollinizer variety could be grafted onto the existing tree.

To test this solution, try placing flowering branches of a different pollinizer variety in a jar filled with water and set the jar in the tree canopy. Bees will visit these flowers and cross pollinate the existing tree.

When choosing a cultivar for cross-pollination, be sure that the bloom times overlap with the existing tree.

If the tree has bloomed and set fruit normally but the fruit dropped off prematurely, a variety of other factors could be causing poor fruit set, including the weather. During bloom time, strong winds and cold temperatures can greatly reduce or prevent adequate bee activity. Frost during or shortly after blooming can cause young fruitlets to abort even though no frost damage is seen.

Too much or too little water during the summer can cause fruit to drop. Drooping or yellowing leaves would indicate improper irrigation.

In addition, backyard fruit trees do not require heavy applications of fertilizer. Too much nitrogen will cause excessive new growth, which will shade out branches and cause poorer fruit set.

Depending on where the tree is located, it may be receiving too much shade from nearby trees or buildings or is competing for nutrients from other plants. Root constriction caused by hardpan or compacted soil, sunburn, borer insects, soil nematodes, root rot, powdery mildew and spider mites might also be affecting the tree. Take a close look and see if you can observe any other factors that might be impacting the tree’s health.

Trendy Plants And Care

The article is based on my own experience and the expertise I have acquired over time. What works for my plants, may not work for others. Room temperature, amount of sunlight, the ability to muck about plants, to remember to water them, forget to water, give too much water / too little water is obviously in. But what I describe below are tips I have given to others and who, after all, have kept their plants alive. Personally, I have a lot more plants that I would have described in your post - just because I am a crazy plant lady. But in principle, many of the most common indoor plants we have at home, cared for from "Pilea'ens" principles, described a little further down;)

Tip: If you are absolutely miserable to remember to water the flowers, download the free app "Koubachi". I have not yet tried it, but it was said to be perfect, to remember one on watering, fertilizing and "douche" its plants :)

Tip: Fill the water jug ​​/ 2 liter soda bottle, the next time you need it, so the water is room temperature. In this way the plants are not "alarmed" over the cold tap water. I do not know if it is a hoax, but I have no startled plants: P

TIP: Use the hashtag "Crazy Plant Ladies Unit" or "urban jungle bloggers" on Instagram, next time records images of your plant friends. Or search on them inspo;)