Europe has ‘by far’ warmest winter on record
08 March 2020 |
10:33 am
The average temperature in winter was more than 3 degrees warmer than the average in the years between 1980 and 2010. For the first time, not a single German vineyard was able to produce local delicacy "ice wine."
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