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Climate, Habitat Threaten Wild Coffee Species

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. So let me get this straight by SQL_SAM · · Score: 1, Troll

    If we redistribute the wealth of America for the hoax of global warming (which is what Copenhagen was about) we'll save some coffee beans? That's okay I'll drink tea.....

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  2. Re:ha. by troll8901 · · Score: 0, Troll

    But it isn't the same taste or smell. (Even if it gives me the same boost in alertness.)

    There's something peculiar about men ... they love their sliced bread and coffee to death, even when there's so many other alternatives.

    Men are strange, aren't they?

  3. Re:Maybe I'm trolling... by HeLLFiRe1151 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The only thing about climate change that I do care about is the amount of bullshit news there is about it. Every problem in the world is somehow associated with it in a knee jerk fashion. Yet somehow, researchers are always discovering these species of animals and plants that were thought to be extinct.

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