The Unabridged Journals of Karissa Gupta

    Did I hear it right? Coffee, endangered? Yes, you heard it right! Let me ask you again, did you ever think that coffee has a high risk of becoming endangered? Well, read on. Frequent droughts, climate change and an increase in pests are the reason 60% of the world’s coffee species face high extinction risk and more than half of the world’s suitable coffee land will become unsuitable. Coffee, in general, requires very specific temperatures and is heat sensitive. As global warming is increasing, its crop yields are lowering and thee amount of coffee beans being cultivated is shrinking. This is why, in my opinion, climate change is the biggest threat to coffee crops.  Arabica, the most popular cultivated coffee that accounts for 60% of global production, is included in the list of extinction too. It requires a temperature in the range of 23 to 28 degree celsius. In the next 60 years its growth will decrease by 85% unless action is taken immediately to prevent further glo...