Current Event #4

Research one geography-related news story per week from the popular media

Geography-related current events can be found in the popular media (print newspapers like the Washington Post, magazines, and/or online websites such as National Geographic, Science Daily, etc).  News stories with geography-related content can include anything related to weather (hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, record snowfalls or temperature, etc), natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, etc), climate-change/global warming, pollution, demographics, border & boundary changes/disputes, mapping, species habitat, water, etc.  The one realm into which I do not want you to stray is anything related to outer space (planets, asteroids, NASA-anything).  Granted, geography encompasses and touches an enormous range of scientific and cultural areas, but this is a geography, not an astronomy course  For a story to be considered “current,” it must have been published within the past two weeks of it being used for submission.

Current Event #4 Answer

According to the National Geographic news article published Sept 2021 about How the West’s wineries are battling ruinous wildlife smoke. It is when the smoke wraps the vineyard that coats the grapes with small particles. It produces a wine that tastes like an ashtray. As stated in the article that a famous region somewhere in southwest Portland, particularly in Willamette Valley, produces rich red wine. But recently, the climate in the valley is so unlikely. It is so dry, the clouds of dust are everywhere, and the temperature is so warm.