We only have one earth, work together Yes I saw that on the news.
Winds of 132 kph recorded, hydro poles for miles and miles smashed, cracked like toothpicks. Massive century-old trees uprooted.
Maple production is impacted by climate change also--Paul Renaud is only too aware of what the power of wind can do to trees.
After violent windstorms recently swept through southern Ontario and Quebec, uprooting trees and leaving a trail of damage across a vast territory, Renaud’s thoughts went right to his sugar maples in Lanark Highlands, Ont., where storms once considered rogue now seem more frequent.
“We’ve had two in six months,” he said in an interview. “Each one has taken out maple trees.”
Worsening storms aren’t the only changes Renaud sees. As chair of the climate change working group for the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, he says dramatic weather is having a serious effect on his industry.
Syrup producers are recording declining yields due to increasing global temperatures, which are leading to more invasive pests, sap that is less sugary and shorter harvesting periods than the normal four-to-six-week season.