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Climate, Habitat Threaten Wild Coffee Species

Posted by timothy on from the ok-panic dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BBC reports that Dr. Aaron Davis of the Royal Botanical Gardens claims 'almost three-quarters of the world's wild coffee species are threatened, as a result of habitat loss and climate change. "Conserving the genetic diversity within this genus has implications for the sustainability of our daily cup, particularly as coffee plantations are highly susceptible to climate change.'"

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  1. Daily cup? by mrjb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try hourly.

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  2. So let me get this straight by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    A risk of Pacific island nations ending up underwater? Not a serious problem. But threaten my coffee supply and I'll take to the streets!

    Something might be a bit off on the priorities there.

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  3. now it's serious by rgravina · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK Earth, you've threated my coffee supply. Now I'm listening!

  4. Finally... by glgraca · · Score: 5, Funny

    man will have a true incentive que stop polluting.

    There's a joke in Brazil about a lion that fled the zoo and ended up in a government building. Each day he would eat a civil servant. He was doing very well, until one day he ate the lady in charge of making coffee. Then people finally noticed something bad had happened.