Benjamin I. Cook – The Conversation

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October 5, 2022

Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come

Kathryn Allen, University of Tasmania; Alison O'Donnell, The University of Western Australia; Benjamin I. Cook, Columbia University; Jonathan Palmer, UNSW , and Pauline Grierson, The University of Western Australia

New research shows Australia experienced a number of megadroughts in the last 1,000 years, We may be underestimating the severity of drought in Australia’s future.

Si les sécheresses ont traditionnellement donné d’excellents millésimes en France, les conditions climatiques changeantes forcent les viticulteurs à s’adapter. lewismd13/flickr

March 22, 2016

Des vendanges de plus en plus précoces sous l’effet du changement climatique

Benjamin I. Cook, Columbia University

En s’appuyant sur des documents historiques, des chercheurs viennent de montrer que les vendanges se produisent de plus en plus tôt… Quelles conséquences pour la viticulture ?

Droughts have traditionally yielded good vintages in France, but changing conditions are forcing wine growers to adapt. lewismd13/flickr

March 21, 2016

Global warming is pushing wine harvests earlier – but not necessarily for the better

Benjamin I. Cook, Columbia University

Using historical records, researchers determine that wine harvests are happening earlier in France and that the changing climate could make it harder to grow in today’s wine regions.

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