Posted on 06/06/2021 4:54:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — 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.
The scientists analyzed 40 years of data and found that the state experienced a 1.1 degrees Celsius (1.98 degrees Fahrenheit) increase in average temperature, but the blueberry fields of Down East Maine experienced an increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.34 degrees Fahrenheit).
That seemingly small difference is significant because rising temperatures could lead to water deficits that put the blueberries at risk, said Rafa Tasnim, a doctoral candidate in ecology and environmental science at UMaine and the study’s lead author. Lack of water could result in smaller crop sizes and blueberries that are less likely to survive to be harvested.
“What we are expecting is the temperature is going to increase a lot and we will not get as much rainfall in the summertime especially,” said Tasnim, who led a research team that published the study in the research journal Water earlier this year. “What that will mean for the wild blueberry plants is they will be water stressed.”
The study authors found that wild blueberry growers might need to change the way they farm to prepare for future climate change. That could include changes to strategies such as irrigation and fertilizer use.
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We grow blueberries in Florida.
He’s trying to convince people that rising temperatures will result in less rain. It is water, not temperature, which affects blueberries.
In the real world, higher temperatures result in more ocean evaporation, and more rain.
So they can produce blueberry jam (or other products thst involve warming or cooking the fruit) instead of just the blueberries themselves. Problem solved!
Don’t any of these *scientists* believe in evolution?
They’re all running around with their hair on fire about the dire consequences of “climate change” but don’t seem to think that life will adapt.
Pump more water into the growing fields; problem solved. WTH.
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Blueberries are native to North America. They’re just fine.
Not like these.
No comment needed. It’s just the almost daily report of something that will be lost due to climate change. If one keeps track, we should have lost roughly 98% of animal and insect life along with the vast majority of our crops.
Woe is us.
But wait...just look at how the media’s and “research” models have proven to be as useful as a CNN evening report.
If the issue is water and not temperature, why study temperature? Surely there are local rainfall records to show how “climate change” has already led to reduced rainfall. But that is not reported. Hmmm. Wonder why.
Always the same. “A group of scientists” said so. No names of course.
Lying Democrat scum.
Maine's trouble is our opportunity.
So does Chile and Argentina.
They conveniently use the data accumulated starting in the early 80's while leaving out the prior 60 years that blow their claims out of the water.......
Thanks for posting that. I was wondering how the blueberries in Florida and Sout Georgia were doing. Ours in Mississippi are still fine.
Aren't they really close to an ocean?
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