Maine's blueberry crop faces climate change peril
Story Date: 6/7/2021

 

Source: SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 6/5/21

 Maine's beloved wild blueberry fields are home to one of the most important fruit crops in New England, and scientists have found they are warming at a faster rate than the rest of the state. The warming of the blueberry fields could imperil the berries and the farmers who tend to them because the rising temperatures have brought loss of water, according to a group of scientists who are affiliated with the University of Maine.

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