Istry of winter: Waiting for the first ice days on Lake Wörth!

Istry of winter: Waiting for the first ice days on Lake Wörth!

In Carinthia, the winter temperatures continue to ensure challenges in ice skating and in the fields. A temperature of minus eight degrees was measured in the state capital on Friday morning, while it even dropped to minus eleven degrees in Weitensfeld. But despite the cold weather, Rene Riepan, chairman of the Wörthersee ice skating club, must say that the ice skaters have to be patient. The thin layer of snow on the ice cream isolates the cold, which slowly slows down the growth of the ice. "We still have to be patient," explains Riepan. However, he assumes that in persistently cold weather can soon be started with ice skating, with the Aichwaldsee has the best chance of being the first to be opened because it has the thickest ice cream.

cold and its effects on nature

In agriculture, the cold also brings its own challenges. Frost can burden the arable cultures, but according to crop protection advisor Karl-Josef Behr, the pests are still in winter rest. "We had a few warm days last week, but the vegetation has not yet really got going," said Behr. He therefore does not expect any larger slumps in pest population, since most insects in Carinthia are well adapted to the cold temperatures. It takes a strict frost for 2 to 3 weeks to observe noticeable effects on the insects. In contrast, mice in the grassland benefit from the snow cover that offers you protection outside in the spring temperatures.

Thus, the weather strikes various balls to both the ice skaters and the farmers, and winter remains a topic that requires both patience and preparations. The ice skating association faces the challenge of providing suitable ice surfaces, while the agricultural economy keeps an eye on the winter -related conditions to prevent negative effects. While the ice on the lakes is experiencing a delicate birth, the question remains open how nature can cope with the capers of the weather.

like ORF Kärnten reported, the ice skating club is faced with a lack of offspring, since the ice champions are already over 70 years old. These concern the wintry ice age and throw a shadow on the future of ice skating. In the meantime, Agrarheute that the winter temperatures of nature can bring both challenges and strengthening.