by Kip Keen
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Dim Sun
Global dimming? Global warming? What’s with the globe, anyway? 0
Posted 5 years, 2 months ago
Raise a toast to solar radiation.
The director of the Zurich-based World Radiation Monitoring Center, the organization that measures the amount of solar radiation hitting the ground around the globe, has a strange talent. Give Atsumu Ohmura a glass of white wine and tell him only its vintage, and he'll swish a mouthful and -- without referring to legs, bouquets, or mango backgrounds -- announce where the grapes were grown.
His trick? The sweetness of white wine grapes is a function of solar radiation. The more sun a grape plant's leaves absorb,… Read More
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