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Menschenmenge auf dem Münchner Oktoberfest vor einem gelben Turm.
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Das Oktoberfest—viel Bierzeltdunst und Methan

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 16 August 202416 August 2024

Unvollständige Verbrennung und biogene Emissionen—Atemausstoß und Flatulenz—machen das Oktoberfest zu einer starken, wenn auch zeitlich begrenzten Quelle des potenten Treibhausgases.

Rows of grapevines next to a dry dirt road.
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Climate Change Threatens 70% of Winemaking Regions

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 April 202424 April 2024

In regions where natural resources are scarce or economies depend on producing certain wines, adapting and diversifying grape crops is easier said than done.

Hops cones on a hop plant
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A Not-So-Hoppy Future for Beer Drinkers?

by Bill Morris 20 November 202320 November 2023

New research examining the impact of climate change on hops production has brewed up a storm.

Un acercamiento a racimos de uvas moradas, aún en su planta, usadas para hacer vino Riportella. Algunas uvas en el racimo tienen gotas de rocío.
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Cómo el Último Máximo Glacial influenció en el origen del vino

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 March 202327 March 2023

El severo clima de la era de hielo influenció el cultivo de la vid durante el nacimiento de la agricultura.

Close-up of purple grapes used to make Riportella wine
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How Wine’s Origin Was Shaped by the Last Glacial Maximum

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 3 March 202321 June 2023

The harsh climate of the ice age influenced grapevine cultivation at the dawn of agriculture.

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Oktoberfest’s Methane Rise Is the Wurst

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 23 April 202016 August 2024

Incomplete combustion and biogenic emissions—exhalations and flatulence—make Oktoberfest a significant, albeit temporary, source of the potent greenhouse gas.

Purple grapes and rows of grape vines in the background
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Wine Grape Diversity Buffers Climate Change–Induced Losses

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 February 20203 March 2023

By mixing up which wine grape varieties are planted where, the wine industry can better ride out the effects of a warming climate, new research reveals.

An artist’s conception of a portable Martian greenhouse currently being developed at NASA.
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Tests Indicate Which Edible Plants Could Thrive on Mars

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 January 201815 November 2023

An undergraduate experiment grew vegetables and herbs in simulated Martian soil under Mars-like reduced daylight. The tasty results suggest that Mars colonists could farm their own produce.

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Warmer Climate Could Aid Quebec's Wine Industry

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 7 May 20153 March 2023

By 2050, climate change may make regions of northeastern Canada suitable for growing new varieties of wine grapes.

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