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Vineyard records link early grape ripening to climate change
http://www.csiro.au/en/Portals/Media/Vineyard-records-link-early-grape-ripening-to-climate-change.aspx[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Vineyard records link early grape ripening to climate change[/font]
[font size=4]By using decades of vineyard records, scientists have for the first time been able to attribute early ripening of wine grapes to climate warming and declines in soil water content.[/font]
28 February 2012 | Updated 29 February 2012
[font size=3]The study reveals that management factors has also influenced the shift, offering hope for growers to develop adaptation strategies.
The study was published in Nature Climate Change and was done by scientists from the University of Melbourne and the CSIRO.
Climate scientist and viticulturist Dr Leanne Webb, said while trends towards earlier ripening have been widely reported, a detailed study of the underlying causes of these shifts had not been done before.
"Changes to the timing of biological phenomena such as flowering and emergence of butterflies have been noted on many continents over recent decades,” Dr Webb said.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1417
[font size=4]By using decades of vineyard records, scientists have for the first time been able to attribute early ripening of wine grapes to climate warming and declines in soil water content.[/font]
28 February 2012 | Updated 29 February 2012
[font size=3]The study reveals that management factors has also influenced the shift, offering hope for growers to develop adaptation strategies.
The study was published in Nature Climate Change and was done by scientists from the University of Melbourne and the CSIRO.
Climate scientist and viticulturist Dr Leanne Webb, said while trends towards earlier ripening have been widely reported, a detailed study of the underlying causes of these shifts had not been done before.
"Changes to the timing of biological phenomena such as flowering and emergence of butterflies have been noted on many continents over recent decades,” Dr Webb said.
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