tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3171792416403794290..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Australian and Israeli science - eucalyptus trees, bush fires, honey and swamps.Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-91824694483538905302015-08-30T01:11:42.756+10:002015-08-30T01:11:42.756+10:00Perfect timing, many thanks. Perfect timing, many thanks. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-50244575964237950162015-08-29T00:54:56.537+10:002015-08-29T00:54:56.537+10:00Arava Australia is a program of the Jewish Agency ...Arava Australia is a program of the Jewish Agency and the Zionist Federation of Australia that promotes people to people relationships through social, cultural and educational programs. The Arava Australia Partnership is delighted to bring a high-level six-member delegation of Scientists, Agriculturalists and Educators from the Central Arava region in Israel to visit Australia for the first time.<br /><br />Members of the delegation will provide insights into the cutting edge “agri-tech” research and educational programs that enable the Arava to make a significant contribution to feeding the world. The delegates will participate in a wide range of activities including presentations on food security and workshops revolving around Science, Agriculture and Education. They will be in Melbourne from 27th August to 6th September, then in Sydney until 8th September 2015.Arava Australia Partnershiphttp://jewsdownunder.com/2015/08/24/feeding-the-world-and-making-the-desert-bloom/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-16429406260619584432015-03-25T13:18:44.820+11:002015-03-25T13:18:44.820+11:00Student
The world's honey bee population has ...Student<br /><br />The world's honey bee population has apparently decreased by 50% since the late 20th century. I don't understand the problem myself but it seems that many agricultural crops worldwide are pollinated by the problematic European honey bees. Perhaps they suffer from the pesticides we use.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-65577475847347475682015-03-25T09:59:24.106+11:002015-03-25T09:59:24.106+11:00Helen
Why is it not a good time for honeybee popu...Helen <br />Why is it not a good time for honeybee populations worldwide just now? Do you mean the market is not sound?Student of Historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76772660938651431942015-03-25T01:18:58.071+11:002015-03-25T01:18:58.071+11:00Parnassus
I have always assumed that other countr...Parnassus<br /><br />I have always assumed that other countries loved eucalyptus due to their higher maximum height, _lower_ water needs, faster regrowth after bushfires and useful oil production. Many species thrive in near-desert like climates.<br /><br />But then eucalyptus were also used to drain malarial swamps, so perhaps they suck up whatever water is available.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70232857276004236462015-03-25T01:07:40.987+11:002015-03-25T01:07:40.987+11:00Deb
No country on the planet suffers from bush fi...Deb<br /><br />No country on the planet suffers from bush fires as much as we do. So we should jolly well have our bush fire plans well in place _before_ summer arrives each year.<br /><br />We should note that there was an Israeli bushfire on Mount Carmel even before December 2010, and that was in September 1989. Although there was no loss of human life, the damage to animals and bushland was appalling. A warning in times of climate change?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86688104068080215582015-03-25T00:58:07.588+11:002015-03-25T00:58:07.588+11:00Andrew
I don't think the Eucalyptus is itself...Andrew<br /><br />I don't think the Eucalyptus is itself a pest, but I acknowledge straight away that it can certainly attract pests and diseases. And it can be invasive, but more in foreign climes than its own home territory.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60779863727322062382015-03-25T00:33:03.918+11:002015-03-25T00:33:03.918+11:00Hello Hels, Your article about the impressive adv...Hello Hels, Your article about the impressive advantages of eucalyptus trees led me to read a little more about them. One new development, coming from Taiwan, is a variety that absorbs large quantities of CO2, making it advantageous for pollution (greenhouse gas) reduction, while also favoring cellulose over lignin production, an advantage in the biofuel industry.<br /><br />On the down side, its large water requirements are a concern in an age of increasingly limited water and depleted aquifers.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4722276602565218482015-03-24T21:56:00.996+11:002015-03-24T21:56:00.996+11:00Australia has a bushfire season most summers and w...Australia has a bushfire season most summers and we know what to do in advance to avoid deaths. Except for catastrophes like Black Saturday :( But Israel may have had no experience with bushfires.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32780309170537432402015-03-24T21:42:47.801+11:002015-03-24T21:42:47.801+11:00All very interesting. In some places in the world ...All very interesting. In some places in the world the Eucalyptus is seen as a pest species. Good work on dry cleaning solar panels. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com