Will maple days move from March to January with global warming?

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Cathy Coats an extension support specialist at Cornell taps trees at Arnot Teaching and Research Forest managed by the Cornells Department of Natural Resources in Van Etten N.Y.
Cathy Coats, an extension support specialist at Cornell, taps trees at Arnot Teaching and Research Forest managed by the Cornell's Department of Natural Resources in Van Etten, N.Y.

This year, Maple Weekend is March 29-30 since weather patterns are providing good sap flow in the maple trees of northern New York. But by 2080, sugarhouses in northern New York may be humming as early as Jan. 29-30, according to climate change models that predict warmer winters and more thaws.


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Russian space chief reassures US partners

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(AP) -- The ongoing global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploration, Russia's space agency chief said Saturday.