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Climate change: Warm winter ruins German ice wine harvest
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y agoThis is a stereotypical first world problem. I think calling attention to it risks trivializing the serious effects of climate change.
- reimertz 7y agoI disagree. For some, this might be the proof that is needed to make them realize something is wrong.
- gourabmi 7y agoIn the eyes of apocalypse, we are all the same.
- sgift 7y agoBecause people loosing their livelihood is a 'first world problem' and not one of a series of important problems? Or because it's in Germany and not somewhere more 'relevant'? I try to find a charitable reading of your post, but so far I've failed.
- hutzlibu 7y agoWell, loosing your job, or preferred wine, is a different kind of problem, than loosing your island. Thats what he or she meant.
- jellicle 7y agoUnfortunately all the people who are going to make the decisions about whether the world burns are first-world people, and their problems are the only ones that they care about.
- gpm 7y agoCrops failing is a first world problem? I think you have it backwards.
- gourabmi 7y agoPlease explain the reason why you think they have it backwards. Does the "first world" survive on not-crops?
- gpm 7y agoThe first world, for as long as that has been a term, has had more than sufficient supplies of food. Unlike many other parts of the world in the same period of time.
- gourabmi 7y agoI think there are couple of assumptions that I want to point out. Having more than sufficient supply of food translates to having reliable supply chain of food. With increased globalization, supply chains have become more specialized. This has allowed us to have access to a wide variety of goods and services at competitive prices. But it has come at the cost of supplier dependence. As we are currently experiencing in the Covid-19 outbreak, global supply chains are sensitive to disruptions from global events. Hence, this is a global issue. Last year, minor variations in supply of Avocados had people talking in the Bay Area. On this very page, we are talking about effects of climate change on wine production. A population which is used to a reliable and consistent supply of goods is more susceptible to variation in the same. Hence, I think crop failures are very much a first world problem too.
- ElijahLynn 7y agoIce wine is the only wine I like (sweet).
- brink 7y agoI prefer dry. I think ice wine is gross, but I wouldn't want to ruin it for others.
- saalweachter 7y agoI recommend investigating the world of sweet and foxy wines: Concord, Catawba, and Muscat wines.
- parsnips 7y agoAnother single year observation attributed to climate.
- pvaldes 7y ago"2019 was the second-warmest year on record globally, according to the US National Oceans and Air Administration" The link between climate change and problems with ice wine production in Germany by lack of ice seems pretty direct.
- parsnips 7y agoIt was the first time ever that the ice wine harvest failed. This isnt a trend.
- thrill 7y agoMeanwhile, in Wyoming: "This Winter Has Been One Of The Snowiest On Record For Wyoming, And It’s Not Over Yet" https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wyoming/snow-storms-in-wyoming-2020-wy/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wyoming/snow-storms-in-wyomi...
- gameswithgo 7y agomore snow doesn't mean it is colder
- booboolayla 7y agoNo way to win an argument with religious fanatics, there's always an "answer" to why the predictions haven't come true.
- lozaning 7y agoBut more cold does frequently mean less snow. After a certain point the air is just to cold to hold any humidity.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
- Jommi 7y agoSomething similar is happening in multiple European countries e.g. Helsinki has not had over-night snow (snow that stays for two consecutive days) this winter and it's likely it won't happen. We are not sure what kind of butterfly effects this or other stuff (e.g. big lakes not freezing for the first time in recorded history) will have, but it's quite scary. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_experiencing_mildest_winter_in_100_years/11160303 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_experiencing_mild...
- antisthenes 7y agoThe skiing industry is going to take quite a pounding. I imagine many resorts that did not have to rely on artificial snow are going to go bankrupt or outright close within the next decade.
- dejv 7y agoI can count at least 3 years in past 10 years without required temperatures for ice wine production. Even in years with harvest we see it later and later in winter, which leads to loss of grapes due to the rot making it not economically viable anymore. 20 years ago you did ice wine harvest in late November/early December. Now you are lucky harvesting in mid January.
- Claudus 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine#Germany https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine#Germany “Germany Throughout the 19th century and until 1960, Eiswein harvests were a rare occurrence in Germany. Only six 19th century vintages with Eiswein harvests have been documented, including 1858, the first Eiswein at Schloss Johannisberg.[2] There seems to have been little effort to systematically produce these wines during this period, and their production was probably the rare result of freak weather conditions.”