(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 17 - The arrival of the Azores anticyclone in the middle of winter makes the sun shine and raise the temperatures with the flowering mimosas almost two months in advance of the traditional appointment on Women's Day on March 8.
This is what emerges from the Coldiretti monitoring on the effects of the climatic anomaly affecting the Peninsula.
Italy - according to Coldiretti - is located in a large high pressure field destined to last for days with stable weather, largely sunny and temperatures that during the day even reach unusual values of 13-15 degrees in the center-south and on the alpine valleys.
A situation that - continues Coldiretti - has caused the early "awakening" of nature with the almond trees that have already blossomed in Sicily and the crops most vulnerable to damage caused by the announced return of bad weather in the next few days with sudden waves of night frost. We are facing - underlines Coldiretti - the consequences of climate changes also in Italy, where the exceptionality of atmospheric events is now the norm, with a tendency to tropicalization that manifests itself with a higher frequency of violent events, seasonal delays, short and intense rainfall and the rapid transition from bad weather to the sun, which also compromise crops in the fields with estimated costs that exceeded two billion in 2021. Agriculture "is theeconomic activity that more than any other experiences the consequences of climate changes on a daily basis, but is also the sector most committed to countering them - concludes Coldiretti -. This is a new challenge for agricultural companies that must interpret the news reported by climatology and the effects on crop cycles, water management and land safety ". (ANSA).