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Climate change could mean no more maple syrup

Climate change harms maple syrup

laurenpeller

George Washington University

Climate change has caused a shortage of maple syrup production.

Local RI Maple Syrup

Local RI Maple Syrup by Uncle Buck

Amanda Keane

Roger Williams University

ASHAWAY R.I.__ This past winter has been one of the snowiest winter’s to date. It was multiple blizzards that buried the northeast and the people of Rhode Island went into hibernation. Uncle Buck’s Sugar House in Ashaway, R.I. felt the impact of... Read More

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