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May 3, 2007
The March to a Warmer World: Our Friends in that Other Kingdom
Today's NY Times has an article about the ways that rising temperatures are affecting plant growing zones. I have read in the past that, if temperatures continue to rise in central North Carolina (where I live) at the pace of the past 15 years, in 15 more the tall fescue lawns that predominate here will be untenable, and we may have to switch to a more southerly grass. The thought of that kills me after all of the effort, and the river of water, I have poured into our lawn. But then again, maybe the need for all of that effort and water should be telling me something.
I've also been watching with growing concern the predictions about the likely implications of global warming for wine. At the point where pinot won't work in Burgundy...well, then we panic.
Posted by dag at May 3, 2007 1:38 PM