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Posted on 07/10/2006 7:57:44 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
Climate warming could spell disaster for much of the multibillion-dollar U.S. wine industry. Areas suitable for growing premium wine grapes could be reduced by 50 percent -- and possibly as much as 81 percent -- by the end of this century, according to a study Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The paper indicates increasing weather problems for grapes in such areas as California's Napa and Sonoma valleys.
The main problem: An increase in the frequency of extremely hot days, according to Noah Diffenbaugh of the department of earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue University.
Grapes used in premium wines need a consistent climate. When temperatures top about 95 degrees they have problems maintaining photosynthesis and the sugars in the grapes can break down, Diffenbaugh said in a telephone interview.
"We have very long-term studies of how this biological system (of vineyards) responds to climate," said Diffenbaugh, and that gives the researchers confidence in their projection. Diffenbaugh is a co-author of the paper.
Scientists and environmental experts have become increasingly alarmed in recent years by accumulating gasses such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.
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TOTAL BS AS USUAL!!
Well, then, I'll just hafta pull their itty, bitty liddle wings off, then!!! (snort!)
Do AP ever report pleasant news or are they just hopelessly and ridiculously sado-masochistic?
Wine, just a minor mental fart!
When I was a little kid I did get pretty good at pulling the wings off of bees without getting stung.
During the Clinton administration, that's all they ever printed, or else they cut it to shreds and buried it on Page 19 E.
I live in NorCal, too. It was VERY HOT the last three days. I'm getting very worried about these signs of global warming.
I don't drink wine. I don't care.
So let them grow coffee beans then. I like a good brew in the morning.
Aw c'mon, get a sense of perspective.
In Sacramento the last seven days the temps have ranged from 84 degrees to 102 degrees.
The average temp for the last seven days has been 92.2 degrees. The average temp for yesterday as per meteorologists is 92 degrees.
Sacramento has been dead on the average the last seven days.
In Modesto temps over the last seven days have averaged 3 degrees above average and set a record temp at 106
While Napa is currently averaging 3 degrees below average over the last seven days. Napa is experiencing freaking global cooling.
And Sonoma is also experiencing global cooling averaging 3 degrees below average for the last seven days.
Fresno too set a record at 107 and over the last three days has averaged 3 degrees above average.
While where I live I've experienced 1 degree below average for the last seven days , hey I'm about to suffer the next dang ice age.
NoCal has some amazing micro climates but it seems to me some areas are cooler than average, some areas are warmer than average and some areas are at average for the last seven days. Seems pretty darn average to me.
And when isn't it hotter than heck in the valley?
And when the global warming turns out to be a joke, it will devestate a lot of US whineries
Probably means grapes will grow again in Vinland - - Maine or Newfoundland - - where they used to grow before it got cold and many places in Canada.
Probably means grapes will grow again in Vinland - - Maine or Newfoundland - - where they used to grow before it got cold and many places in Canada.
Climate change could destroy US fire ant population.
Climate Change could destroy US Armadillo habitat.
Climate change could destroy US sandbar locations.
Climate change could destroy US air filtration.
For God's sake... aren't these people EVER embarrassed?
Bah..a bunch of panic over nothing...as the climate changes so will where the grapes are grown. Grapes are grown all over the country in all different manner of climates..it just depends on the variety and type. They grow tempranillo in Baha Noir in Washinton Reisling in New York and then there is the ever growing number of hybrid grapes being created in genetic breeding programs to allow for grape production in places like Minnesota and even Canada. The climate changes..the wine industry will just have to learn to cope and adjust.
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I guess I'll just have to keep from opening those bottles of Silver Oak I happen to have...
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