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Global wine production reached a historic low in 2023 and climate change could be to blame, a new report has revealed. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) says the drink hit its lowest level since 1962. This intergovernmental organisation has 50 member states, representing 75 per cent of the world’s vineyard area. Experts blame “extreme environmental conditions” including droughts and fires that have been driving the downward trend in production. Though climate change is not entirely to blame, the OIV says, these conditions are the greatest challenge the industry is facing. V...
Euronews (English)
Late spring overnight frosts in Germany's wine-growing regions have raised concerns among winemakers about potential impacts on the harvest. The German Winegrowers' Association (DWV) fears that the cold temperatures could damage wine yields this year: "The frosts at this point in time are so devastating because the vegetation is already well advanced after the recent months of record heat," DWV President Klaus Schneider told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain on Friday. "The young, fertile shoots are now freezing, and those that grow back may not be fertile," he said. That means that wineg...
DPA International
Late spring overnight frosts in Germany's wine-growing regions have raised concerns among winemakers about potential impacts on the harvest. The German Winegrowers' Association (DWV) fears that the cold temperatures could damage wine yields this year: "The frosts at this point in time are so devastating because the vegetation is already well advanced after the recent months of record heat," DWV President Klaus Schneider told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain on Friday. "The young, fertile shoots are now freezing, and those that grow back may not be fertile," he said. That means that wineg...
DPA
Late spring overnight frosts in Germany's wine-growing regions have raised concerns among winemakers about potential impacts on the harvest. The German Winegrowers' Association (DWV) fears that the cold temperatures could damage wine yields this year: "The frosts at this point in time are so devastating because the vegetation is already well advanced after the recent months of record heat," DWV President Klaus Schneider told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain on Friday. "The young, fertile shoots are now freezing, and those that grow back may not be fertile," he said. That means that wineg...
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Dacca (AFP) - Des milliers de fidèles musulmans ont prié pour la pluie mercredi dans les mosquées et les campagnes du Bangladesh où sévit une vague de chaleur extrême qui a incité les autorités à fermer les écoles. Les températures ont atteint plus de 42°C la semaine dernière dans ce pays. Selon les services météorologiques nationaux, les températures maximales moyennes dans la capitale Dacca cette semaine ont été de 4 à 5 degrés Celsius supérieures à la moyenne des 30 dernières années sur la même période. "Avril est généralement le mois le plus chaud au Bangladesh. Mais ce mois d'avril a été ...
AFP (Français)
By Ludovic EHRET Qingyuan (Chine) (AFP) - Les habitants touchés par de graves inondations survenues dans le sud de la Chine tentent mercredi de sauver leurs biens des eaux boueuses, à l'approche de nouvelles pluies torrentielles contre lesquelles les autorités locales ont mis en garde la population. Des pluies diluviennes frappent depuis jeudi la province méridionale du Guangdong. Quatre personnes ont perdu la vie et plus de 100.000 habitants ont été évacués. Les importantes inondations sont très inhabituelles en cette période de l'année dans cette région verdoyante et subtropicale. Le gouvern...
AFP (Français)
Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organisations reported on Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. The latest five-year averages show that temperatures in Europe are now running 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, compared to 1.3C higher globally, a joint report published Monday by the UN's World Meteorological Organization and the European Union's climate agency, Copernicus, said. “Europe saw yet another year of increasing temper...
Euronews (English)
Spain’s drought-stricken region of Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply, regional authorities said Thursday. Barcelona already relies on Europe’s largest desalination plant for domestic use to compensate over three years of below average rainfall that have led to a historic drought made worse by climate change. In February, Catalonia's regional government declared a drought emergency for much of the surrounding region. Now Spain’s second-largest city will get a temporary second desalination plant in its port late...
Euronews (English)
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn't really pour or flood - at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralysed Dubai this week, meteorologists have said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove that it does very much. No one reports the type of flooding that on Tuesday doused the UAE, which often deploys the technology in an attempt to squeeze every drop of moisture from a sky that usually gives less than 10 to 13 centimetres of rain a year. "It's most certainly not cloud s...
Euronews (English)
Much of Western Europe has repeatedly been swept by clouds of Saharan dust in recent weeks, turning the skies hazy and diminishing air quality, with parts of the continent shrouded in a particularly orange tinge over the Easter weekend. The small particles blown up all the way from the Sahara Desert can be a particular nuisance for drivers, as the dust tends to meticulously cover cars. Dust alone is not a problem for your vehicle, but the particles arriving from the Sahara can cause damage when not cleaned properly, road safety experts from Auto Club Europa (ACE) warn. Saharan dust contains ve...
DPA International
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