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.

  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Looks like the generation of decision makers may give a toss now. Planet being screwed wasn’t enough, but less wine or more expensive wine and they gonna panic.

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      8 months ago

      They don’t care. They will just buy up the wine that is left and turn it into a profit opportunity.

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      8 months ago

      I thought that about coffee and am dreading when it does come true. I can hope that all the shit chain stuff can go away but I’ll be sad when the local places and diners do too.