Of course, producers could switch to making dry white wine or even red, but by an accident of geography and climate, Sauternes is one of the few areas in which conditions are more or less perfect for the production of that distinctive rich, nutty sweetness.

WSJ: Will Lyons on Wine: The Bitter Economics of Sweet Wines

It was no accident that this happened on the eve of a major international climate change meeting.

CNN: Climate scientists and smear campaigns

It claimed climate change would mean more extreme weather and an increased risk of a marine accident.

BBC: Campaign to retain emergency tugboats backed by WWF

Esa member-states considered its polar ice measurements to be so important to the assessment of climate change that they approved the construction of a facsimile spacecraft within months of the accident.

BBC: Esa's Cryosat ice mission given launch date