THE FRUITS OF OUR CLIMATE CHANGEHow climate change affects fruit productionINTRODUCTIONGLOBAL: THE APPLEThe apple, one of the most widespread fruits in the world, according to a study published in PLoS One, a peer-reviewed journal, may become more expensive or impossible in some areas due to rising winter temperatures. Evan Girvetz, a climate scientist at the Nature Conservancy and co-author of the study, says: “…many fruit and nut trees, such as cherries, apples, apricots, walnuts and almonds, need a cold weather during winter and early spring to survive. encourage trees to flower and produce good yields of fruits and nuts. These trees evolved in frozen areas and go dormant during the winter to protect themselves from frost damage. In order to know when to emerge from dormancy, they internally keep track of how much cold has occurred during the winter. , they will flower and then bear fruit. Trees do not break dormancy properly when there is insufficient cold weather, which can often cause them to produce less or even fail completely in some years. One solution suggested in the article for fruit and nut trees in California's Central Valley was to migrate crops north to areas like Oregon and Washington, but the problems this presents include : - Soil/Land Difference: According to Girvetz, the soil in Oregon and Washington is inferior for growing these trees. - Water: These states also have water limitations, making it difficult for agriculture to expand .- Economic cost: A problem for many things, money also blocks the way of moving the orches..... . middle of document......8/full/srep02418.html>.NATIONALImpacts of climate change on New Zealand. (nd). www.mfe.govt.nz. Retrieved March 19, 2014 from http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/climate/impacts-report/impacts-report-jun01.pdfNew Zealand kiwifruit industry. (March 30, 2014). Wikipedia. Retrieved March 31, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit_industry_in_New_ZealandFruits. (nd). Ministry of Primary Industries > Agriculture > Horticulture >. Retrieved April 2, 2014 from http://www.mpi.govt.nz/agriculture/horticulture/fruitsClimate Change: Likely Impacts on New Zealand Agriculture. (nd). Ministry of the Environment. Accessed April 9, 2014 from http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/climate/impacts-agriculture-sep01/Cyanamide. (May 4, 2014). Wikipedia. Retrieved April 6, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanamide