天气太热还会降低枫糖浆的甜度。塔夫茨大学的生态学家伊丽莎白·克龙说:“我们发现,在枫树大量产籽数年后,汁液中的糖分会减少。”克龙解释说,当枫树感受到气候变化的压力后,它们会产生更多的籽。“枫树会将更多资源用于产籽,希望这些籽能够到环境条件更有利的地方去生长。”这意味着要制出一加仑含糖量达70%的纯枫糖浆,将需要更多的枫树汁液。准确来说,需要原来的两倍的枫树汁液才能制出来。
10 Peanuts 花生
Peanuts (and peanut butter) may be one of the simplest of snacks, but the peanut plant is considered to be fairly fussy, even among farmers.
花生或花生酱也许是最简单的一种小吃,但花生植株却是比较难伺候的,即使在农民看来也是如此。
Peanut plants grow best when they get five months of consistently warm weather and 20-40 inches of rain. Anything less and plants won't survive, much less produce pods. That isn't good news when you consider most climate models agree the climate of the future will be one of extremes, including droughts and heatwaves.
当温暖天气持续五个月并且降雨量达20到40英寸(51厘米到102厘米)时,花生植株长得最好。如果天气达不到要求,花生植株将难以存活,能结出果实的更是少之又少。考虑到多数气候模型一致得出的结论是未来的气候条件会变得极端,要么干旱要么热浪,对花生而言还真不是好消息。
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