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maple production and global warming

Maple production and global warming

Social issue: the effects of climate change on the maple industry #globalwarming #environment #maplewater #mapleindustry In general, global warming in the north is expected to promote sugar maple growth and syrup production, Solarik observes. But what will be the effects of warming on the germination rates and on the natural regeneration of this characteristic species of the temperate forest? Will the sugar maples migrate north? This is what the researcher wanted to determine as part of his doctoral thesis. Initially, the biologist collected maple seeds from different sites distributed throughout the range of sugar maple, from its extreme south in...

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