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Still Sensible

(2,870 posts) Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:48 PM Nov 2012

Will global warming be the death of coffee?

Uh oh. I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but global warming could be responsible for more than just rising sea levels and extreme weather events.

It’s also slowly killing coffee.

A study by conservation group Kew suggests that global warming could lead to the extinction of wild Arabica coffee by 2080. The study uses computer modeling to hypothesize how coffee production will be impacted by climate change, running through possible scenarios and to determine the prevalence of bioclimatically suitable regions for coffee growth.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/11/12/will-global-warming-be-the-death-of-coffee/

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Will global warming be the death of coffee? (Original Post) Still Sensible Nov 2012 OP

Now, that right there might just be the best way LadyHawkAZ Nov 2012 #1

Have you tasted the weak-ass coffee they drink in the Bible Belt? Quantess Nov 2012 #6

Yes, but... LadyHawkAZ Nov 2012 #12

If true, just kill me now. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #2

i second that AlGoreRhythms Nov 2012 #3

nah, the ecologically devastating robusta will be plentiful; it's already ruining wildlife habitat amborin Nov 2012 #4

well, I've got about 30 lbs of really good green beans...kenya, ethiopia, guatamala... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #5

I'm more concerned about the death of (not by) chocolate. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #7

The cocoa bean as well :( Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #8

So glad I'll be dead by then qanda Nov 2012 #9

I don't think coffee will go extinct, but there is legitimate concern of what effects COULD happen. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #10

Chicory! yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2012 #11

Whether or not we can get coffee is going to be the least of our worries in another 30 or 40 years Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #13

I'll do shade-grown coffee in VA DCKit Nov 2012 #14

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)

1. Now, that right there might just be the best way

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:49 PM

Nov 2012

to finally get the deniers up and doing something!

Quantess

(27,630 posts)

6. Have you tasted the weak-ass coffee they drink in the Bible Belt?

Reply to LadyHawkAZ (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:01 AM

Nov 2012

They don't care.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)

12. Yes, but...

Reply to Quantess (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:42 AM

Nov 2012

when WE run out of OUR good, strong coffee, and their smug faces are still blathering to us that climate change is a hoax, know what's gonna happen?

People without their morning coffee are not amused.

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)

2. If true, just kill me now.

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:53 PM

Nov 2012

Don't let me suffer. Or any of those within my arm's reach.

AlGoreRhythms

(111 posts)

3. i second that

Reply to Indpndnt (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:55 PM

Nov 2012

amborin

(16,631 posts)

4. nah, the ecologically devastating robusta will be plentiful; it's already ruining wildlife habitat

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:58 PM

Nov 2012

as is arabica, unless it is sustainably grown shade coffee eom

NRaleighLiberal

(60,021 posts)

5. well, I've got about 30 lbs of really good green beans...kenya, ethiopia, guatamala...

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 12:58 AM

Nov 2012

BlueMan Votes

(903 posts)

7. I'm more concerned about the death of (not by) chocolate.

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:02 AM

Nov 2012

i'll be 52 in february, and in my entire life, i've had a total of less than 1/2cup of coffee in all that time.

i REALLY can't stand the stuff...or it's putrid smell.

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)

8. The cocoa bean as well :(

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Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:04 AM

Nov 2012

qanda

(10,422 posts)

9. So glad I'll be dead by then

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:06 AM

Nov 2012

Can't live without my coffee.

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

10. I don't think coffee will go extinct, but there is legitimate concern of what effects COULD happen.

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:07 AM

Nov 2012

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

11. Chicory!

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:14 AM

Nov 2012

link

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

13. Whether or not we can get coffee is going to be the least of our worries in another 30 or 40 years

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:44 AM

Nov 2012

if predictions about sea level rise and the effects of changing weather patterns on food production are anywhere near accurate, we're facing mass starvation and a dieoff of a significant percentage of the human species; coffee is pretty low on the list of things to be worried about.

DCKit

(18,541 posts)

14. I'll do shade-grown coffee in VA

Reply to Still Sensible (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 02:11 AM

Nov 2012

'Course I'll have to plant different trees once it gets that warm.

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