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Warming temperatures could make 70% of the world's wine-growing regions unsuitable to produce grapes: Scientists (abcnews.go.com)
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Rising global temperatures could change where the majority of the world's wine is produced as mid-latitude regions may no longer be able to grow grapes, according to researchers.

Up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could face a substantial risk of losing the suitability for wine-growing if global temperatures increase beyond 2 degrees Celsius since the Industrial Revolution, a review of more than 200 studies published Tuesday in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment found.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I for one welcome our new Canadian and Alaskan wines. :)

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Canadian

The Okanagan region of British Columbia is facing a near-100% loss of this year’s crop, and a good ⅓+ die-off of grape vines.

I am already seeing vineyards ripping up dozens of acres of vines.