Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microclimates refer to highly localized conditions within a vine’s canopy and directly influence how individual grapes ripen.

Forest microclimates arise from interactions between vegetation structure, ground surface properties and atmospheric conditions at fine spatial scales. Within dense canopies, temperature, humidity and ...

A new microclimate report reveals suburbs near the harbor are up to 15 degrees cooler than those in the City of Sydney's south, during extreme heat. The City of Sydney partnered with urban heat ...

Microclimates—fine‐scale variations in temperature, moisture and radiation created by topography, vegetation structure and soil properties—play a crucial role in shaping the distribution, physiology ...

With all the heat and humidity, you might be looking for one of those places that offers a little relief. Of course, you can go into an air-conditioned building, but some spots across the region stay ...

Microclimate may be one of the most misunderstood terms in the wine lexicon. Even its definition in The Oxford Companion to Wine, by Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding, begins with a misnomer: "Common ...