Climate Change and Agriculture in Maine

July 20th, 2011

Maine farmers are already facing the consequences of global climate change. Waves of warmer temperatures have promoted longer growing seasons and migration of new weeds and pests that previously could not withstand Maine’s cool climate. The Arbor Day Foundation has officially documented a northward shift in minimum winter temperature in Maine from 1990 to 2006, revising its Plant Hardiness Zone Map of Maine.

Read more in Maine Climate News.

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