Global warming is causing earlier wine harvests, new study shows
 

Global warming is causing earlier wine harvests, new study shows
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Unprecedented heat has pushed global average temperatures into alien territory, and scientists have long established humanity as the dominant cause

**w, even the grapes are talking, and new research makes it easy to view the rising thermometer through a rosé-colored glass

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Wine grapes are very sensitive to their climate. Vintners historically produce top wines when an early wet season soaks the plants and a drought succeeds it, allowing the fruit to ripen. Two scientists affiliated with NASA, Columbia's Earth sciences center, and Harvard have assembled records of grape harvests for the past 400 years to show trends produced by changes in temperature and precipitation. Read more...


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