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Stock Up on Syrup!
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Pancake lovers may need to find a new topping. Scientists say rising temperatures due to climate change are threatening the world’s maple syrup supply.
Maple syrup is made from the sap of the sugar maple, a tree that grows in Canada and the northern U.S. But warming temperatures mean sugar maple trees don’t grow as quickly as they once did. If the trees don’t grow fast enough, they won’t be the right size for extracting their sweet sap.
Canada is the world’s top maple syrup producer. Last year, the province of Quebec produced 40.4 million liters of syrup. This was down 22% from 2017. What was 2017’s production, rounded to the nearest thousand liters? Record your work and answer on our Numbers in the News answer sheet.
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