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  1. An alternative to the conventional aboveground #greenhouse with fully transparent walls is the modern #Walipini, developed in #Bolivia 2002. The #concept enables #yearround vegetable #cultivation even in temperate climate zones, as the planting beds are situated #underground, where the temperature remains nearly constant regardless of the season above. Sunlight enters through a transparent roof.
    ©#StefanFWirth

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    #Illustrations
    ©S.F.Wirth, AI assisted

  2. Architecture firms Studio Folk Architects and Raskl have built a timber-framed greenhouse, named The Veggery, at the Barbican Estate as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Hexagonal in… #lifestyle #barbican #greenhouse

    dezeen.com/2026/07/13/veggery-

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  3. Paul Beckwith, a climate science educator, goes through James Hansen's recent warnings about a coming "Super El Niño".

    This video (24:48) assumes a small amount of background in math and science, enough to read time/temperature graphs, but is generally quite accessible in its explanations. He walks through a lot of good stuff like how the El Niño / La Niña cycle works, what some of the "forcings" are that are driving some of these things, why things like aerosols matter, what different models show, what the consensus predictions have been and why Hansen's predicting something substantively stronger.

    It's a pretty worrisome set of things, but Hansen has been an important voice in the climate conversation, and I think Beckwith's presentation is pretty level—trying to just walk through the information dispassionately in a way that can help you understand the science part.

    youtube.com/watch?v=tP3VQk3mIgQ

    Note: Notwithstanding the use of em dash, this post was written by a human.

    #climate #ElNiño #ElNino #SuperElNiño #SuperElNino #ClimateModels #ClimateModeling #warming #heat #GlobalWarming #aerosol #aerosols #OceanWarming #ClimateSensitivity #ClimateScience #science #co2 #IPCC #forcing #Greenhouse #JamesHansen #PaulBeckwith #video #YouTube

  4. Wednesday, February 4, 2026

    "You cannot reward monsters": US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia -- Russian attack shows Moscow is not serious about peace, NATO chief says -- How Soviet nostalgia and silence enable wartime complicity on Russian YouTube -- How the Kremlin drafted Russia's hackers to attack the West, leading to a rare US court case ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  5. @backpackandsnorkel

    Pittsburgh originally had two public conservatories,
    both established by Henry Phipps, Jr.,
    childhood friend of Andrew Carnegie
    and second largest shareholder in Carnegie Steel.

    In 1886, Phipps donated $25,000 to establish a glasshouse in his hometown of #Allegheny #City
    —today’s North Side.

    This first Phipps Conservatory became a very popular destination.
    It has undergone many iterations,
    and we know the site today as the National Aviary.

    The 9-room Phipps Conservatory in Oakland’s #Schenley #Park opened in December 1893 as another gift from Henry Phipps, Jr.
    —this time to the City of Pittsburgh.

    It showcased many plants that had been on display at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

    THE FRICK GREENHOUSE

    The #Frick #Greenhouse was built in 1897
    when Mr. Frick hired the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Alden & Harlow to add to his estate.

    It wasn’t the first such structure at Clayton, but this new one was meant to be a showpiece.

    According to the papers “no expense was spared” and it was described as " . . . one of the most modern public or private ones in the state of Pennsylvania, and possibly in the United States.”

    Alden & Harlow worked with Lord & Burnham, an American company
    renowned for its conservatory design.

    Among other efforts, The New York state-based Lord & Burnham created the Schenley Phipps buildings,
    worked on the Golden Gate Conservatory,
    and designed the conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden.

    Glass houses like the Frick building were often built of durable cypress or white pine, with structural elements of iron or steel.

    thefrickpittsburgh.org/Story-P

  6. "Suomalaistekniikka pitää huolen siitä, että kasvihuoneen lämpö ja ylimääräinen kosteus kierrätetään. Säästelyllä energialla lämmittäisi 200 omakotitaloa."

    #Finland #Innovaatiot #Kasvihuone #Innovation #Greenhouse

    tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/tt/