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  • I know some amazing portals in Polish.

    One about climate: https://naukaoklimacie.pl/

    Another about "nature" in general (probably "environment" would be a more fitting translation here). I even wrote an article for them at the end of my Master's (they had it go through a senior researcher later to check the quality) https://naukadlaprzyrody.pl/

    On both of the abovementioned portals you get scientists writing pop-science, answering questions, debunking myths, etc.

    We also have "SmogLab" that used to focus just on smog issues, now is overall environmental. But I think for people from outside of Poland, especially coming from places with relatively good air quality (e.g. Scandinavia, but in this comparison, even all of Western Europe), the smog part might be especially interesting: It became a bit more of a news portal, though. https://smoglab.pl/smog/

  • The hill in the photo looks ugly, tbh. Still, much better (and livelier) than the landscape after oilsands or brown coal extraction.

    Preferably, most grid-connected solar panels would be on buildings, deserts, and postindustrial land. But in the face of the climate catastrophe, the South China hills are also fine.

  • Totally agree, our agriculture is so primitive, in the sense of not being sophisticated at all (just plough, remove everything that lives there, plant grass, cut early, repeat). Great links. Thanks!

  • I guess we should just do more offshore wind at home, in Europe ¯(ツ)_/¯

    And support wind elsewhere. I know that in much of the world, solar is more feasible. But I am also sure there are places where access to electricity and pollution are problems at the same time, and where wind would be a better option.

  • It is an Opal Plum.

    BTW, my first search results agree with my palette

    Some call plum ‘Opal’ the most delectable of all fruit. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/plum/caring-for-opal-plum-trees.htm

    Picked straight from the tree it's probably the best tasting of all the plums. https://gardenfocused.co.uk/fruitarticles/plums/variety-opal.php

    PS: If you really want to be technical, it is the pathogen that is transmissible. Infection is what happens when the pathogen "invades" the tissues and/or afterward (different uses). Some dictionaries (e.g., Merriam-Webster) literally put the word disease in the definition of infection. But yes, the pathogen is being transmitted, not the disease, as in the spread of HIV, not the spread of AIDS.

  • My mum has a sweet plum that fruits in July in Dfb (Poland). It is amazing, it gives a lot of fruit every two years, a real treat, my favorite.

    If you want to plant a pear, look out for juniper in the neighborhood. There is a common disease that transfers between these two.