Since 1970, Burlington, Vermont has had the largest increase in average winter temperature across the nation. Burlington’s average has increased by 7°F in the past 47 years, slowing the onset of winter.

Researchers have also recently examined how Vermont’s maple syrup industry may adapt to the changing weather patterns, interviewing 15 maple producers in the Northern Forest region of New York and Vermont.

More than half of the producers expressed concern over climate change, worrying about the resiliency of their sugarbush and their ability to develop new technologies—and two-thirds planned to or had already made changes to their businesses.

Courtesy of the Center for Research on Vermont.