Thanks to climate change, maple syrup faces a sticky future [VIDEO] | Grist

If we continue warming the planet at the same rate, most sugar maples will be gone by 2100. But it's not just a future danger we're talking about. In fact, Carlson breaks down the way sweetness in maple sap has already begun to decline (along with a 2.8-degree-F rise in temperature since 1970); today's maple sap has gone from 3.5 percent sugar to just 2 percent sugar in the last 40 years.

NH maple syrup production hit record in 2011 - NashuaTelegraph.com

When it comes to maple syrup production, sometimes Mother Nature giveth and sometimes Mother Nature taketh away.

In 2011, she gave in bucket loads – quite literally.

Terrific weather throughout the season resulted in a huge boost for New Hampshire’s maple producers, who generated a record amount of syrup this year.

At about 120,000 gallons, this was the first year the state topped 100,000 gallons.

The only drawback is that production also boomed throughout New England and in other syrup-producing parts of the country, according to tallies from agriculture officials, which could dampen prices.