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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000052
Page Title: Climate
Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection
Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.
Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 51)
Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn
Description: Scrapbook page containing written information about Egypt's climate, quoted from the work of W.M. Flinders Petrie. There are no images.
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desert climate
Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm
Annotations:
Climate-
In prehistoric times before the subsidence of Egypt and the elevation of the surrounding lands"the climate was for ages quite as moist as that of the Mediterranean at present and there can be no doubt that the country was wooded as in all other wet climates. The cause of the present dryness of Egypt is that it is surrounded by higher lands on all sides but the north and the north wind must become heated in blowing south and cannot lose any moisture. The only rain now precipitated is curiously in the low lands west & south west of Egypt which are entirely desert. On the south and east the higher mountains drain the air of all the moisture it can part with"-- W.M. Flinders Petrie
Language: English
Rights: No known restrictions.
Coverage: Egypt
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.
Format: Scrapbooks
BPL Department: Print Department
A lunch reception hosted by the Council for Sustainable Business in partnership with Defra. Attendees were a mix of leading CEOs and CSOs, green organisations, business networks and VIPs. Photograph: Will Crowne/ UK Government
Grape varieties adaptable
Story by DR BRUNO HOLZAPFEL
THE wide range of grape varieties available for production in different climatic zones shows the adaptability potential of grape production to altered climatic conditions.
Climatic changes in Europe have occurred over the centuries and have impacted on grape ripening. Harvest date records going back several 100 years reflect the climatic variation over the centuries and can assist in reconstructing past climate.
More recent data sets from over a few decades have shown advancement in key phenological stages and the harvest dates. In Australia harvest dates have advanced from half a day to three days per year between 1993 and 2006.
These observed changes and the projections of the impact of global climate change on wine production indicate the need for major adjustment in terms of the grape varieties and management practices employed.
Using a balanced global climate model forecast, mean growing season temperatures are forecast to be 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above 1990 levels by 2050 in most wine regions of NSW.
These projections indicate a number of consequences for grape production in the major warmer inland regions. Predictions on the impact on grape production are based on temperature changes and take little or no account of grapevine adaptive responses to predicted changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere or increased likelihood of water shortage.
It is predicted that the winter rainfall in the catchment areas of rivers supplying the irrigation water will be reduced by up to 10 per cent by the middle of this century, leading to potential reduction of inflow by 10 to 25pc. This would require a further improvement in water use efficiency for perennial crops.
The positive effect of higher CO2 levels on vine growth and water use efficiency might be reduced or completely cancelled by the negative effects of the predicted warmer temperatures associated with the increase of CO2.
Under such conditions a reduction of photosynthesis, higher respirations and shorter developmental stages will be likely responses. In addition, the increased temperatures will lead to earlier growing seasons leading potentially to higher frost risk and sub-optimal growing conditions.
The further advancement of seasonal vine development will result in fruit maturation occurring at a warmer time of year. This will together with a predicted greater likelihood of heat stress events negatively influence on grape quality of the currently grown varieties.
Viticultural production will be especially affected by climatic changes due to the strong relationships that exists between climate and winegrape quality attributes.
The plantings of alternative varieties with better suitability to the warmer conditions might present marketability difficulties.
The interaction between limited water supply and increased temperatures as well as seasonal and annual variation in both, will require a considerable adaptation and transition challenge for the Australian wine industry.
Contact: Dr Bruno Holzapfel, Senior Research Viticulturist, National Wine & Grape Industry Centre (02) 6933 4023.
Story first published in Agriculture Today 2009 www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/news/agriculture-today
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