More Than Half The World`s Coffee Species At Risk Due To Climate Change
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Bad news for anyone who wakes up in the morning with their cup of java, a new study warns that nearly 60 percent of the world`s wild coffee species are at risk of extinction due to climate change, disease, and deforestation, according to USA Today. The study was published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances and said coffee species are facing increasing threats due to a higher number of droughts spreading fungal pathogens due to global warming. The study detailed how 75 wild coffee species are considered threatened with extinction, one of the highest recorded threat rates for a plant species. The threatened species include the popular commercial varieties of robusta and...