17/06/2018

Unintended Consequences: Scandinavian Farmers Are Basking in Global Warming

«By 2050, experts predict, northern Norway’s growing season could increase by four weeks. That’s just one example of how climate change is expanding what Nordic agriculture is capable of, and already helping more “heat demanding” crops, including legumes, corn and the world’s go-to staple, wheat. And now Danish vintners are even nurturing a nascent wine grape sector once ideally suited for only Europe’s southern and central regions. But growers lament global warming’s other effects, like increased rain and less sunshine — something that might yield an unpalatable future for Danish vintages

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