
Vinepair - 4 hours 30 min ago
Veni, vidi, Vitis vinifera. That's not quite how Ceasar's notorious phrase goes, but it very well could be the one that captures the centuries-long success story of Vitis vinifera grapes. Vitis vinifera is the binomial name of the common grape vine indigenous to Europe that produces many of today's winemaking grapes. For just about all of winemaking history, they came, saw, and conquered. But as gene-manipulating technology develops and climate change casts its long shadow over the world...

Ars Technica - 5 hours 30 min ago
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance.