...study released by Oxfam during the Paris
climate talks found that the richest 10 percent of people in the world
are responsible for half of consumption-based carbon emissions, while
the poorest 50 percent of people account for just 10 percent.
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/24/jay-inslee-climate-change-pollution/
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Monday, June 24, 2019
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Mangos and El Nino in the Philippines
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/philippines-overflows-with-millions-of-mangoes-as-el-nino-take-effect
A news item in the Guardian (website) caught my eye: due to El Nino, the Philippines has a glut of mangos.
I tried to study any correlates between mango harvests and El Nino in Chuuk Lagoon. I learned from an Indian professor of Agriculture at U of Guam that mangos are not seasonal. As soon as the leaves are shed, it was explained, it is as if an internal clock was triggered. Red leaves are an important sign. It takes, if I recall correctly, about 4 months for the harvest to develop.
If it rains, it was stated, mangoes fall off the trees, at any stage of development. So dry weather results in a greater success of mangos.
A news item in the Guardian (website) caught my eye: due to El Nino, the Philippines has a glut of mangos.
I tried to study any correlates between mango harvests and El Nino in Chuuk Lagoon. I learned from an Indian professor of Agriculture at U of Guam that mangos are not seasonal. As soon as the leaves are shed, it was explained, it is as if an internal clock was triggered. Red leaves are an important sign. It takes, if I recall correctly, about 4 months for the harvest to develop.
If it rains, it was stated, mangoes fall off the trees, at any stage of development. So dry weather results in a greater success of mangos.
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