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Paul Renaud is only too aware of what the power of wind can do to trees.

“Trees get stressed and then they are more susceptible to pests and pathogens,” said Joshua Rapp, an associate at Harvard University’s school of forestry.The cost of climate change in Canada could come with a hefty price tag – Apr 29, 2022 Each year between late February and early May, maple syrup producers rely on the delicate freeze-thaw cycles of spring. When nighttime temperatures drop below zero, the maple tree contracts and sap rushes up from the roots into its branches.

The effects of changing temperatures are felt unequally. Warmer temperatures could benefit northern parts of Ontario and Quebec, which could see up to 40 litres more sap per tap each year. The industry says keeping up with global syrup demand will require tapping 120 million more trees by 2080. That rise in consumption will add to the carbon levels in the atmosphere due to the wood or other fossil fuels burned to boil the sap.

You mean the weather hasn't been great last few years for producing syrup. Not climate change.

Gas prices are one thing, mess with our maple syrup and it could lead to a civil war!

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Maple syrup producers see climate change as a threat to industry’s futureMaple syrup producers are recording declining yields due to increasing global temperatures no SaveTheSyrup Good thing we don’t export it via a pipeline. The industry would be in receivership already. cdnpoli polqc qcpoli habs
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