Climate change threatens many tree species: researchers

Global warming is already affecting the earth in a variety of ways that demand our attention. Now, research carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem indicates that many tree species might become extinct due to climate ...

In 100 years, maple sap will flow a month earlier

As the climate warms this century, maple syrup production in the Northeast is expected to slightly decline by 2100, and the window for tapping trees will move earlier by about a month, reports a Cornell study.

Tree species composition influences nitrogen loss from forests

Throughout the world, nitrogen compounds are released to the atmosphere from agricultural activities and combustion of fossil fuels. These pollutants are deposited to ecosystems as precipitation, gases, and particles, sometimes ...

NZ maple syrup mission taps into hi-tech imaging

A Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury (UC) team has spent the last two years investigating whether it's viable to produce maple syrup at scale within Aotearoa New Zealand, and trial plantations have been ...

NIST metrology and the maple syrup industry

NIST is frequently asked to provide unusual, sometimes downright exotic, measurements and calibrations in support of U.S. commerce. But even old hands in the Fluid Metrology Group were surprised last fall when they were called ...

Image: Pioneer Fire and Maple Fire burning still

The Pioneer Fire in Idaho and the Maple Fire in Wyoming, just outside of Yellowstone, are both still burning.  The Pioneer Fire has been burning for almost two months now and has burned 185,895 acres to date.  It is 56% ...

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