Coffee and Cocoa Plants Especially at Risk From Pollinator Losses
The loss of pollinator insects is putting at risk some of the world's most popular tropical crops — like cocoa, coffee, mango and watermelon.
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Coffee, cocoa crops at risk from dramatic pollinator loss
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. Thursdays study says as those problems intertwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug. And that one-two punch will melt some chocolate fans’ dreams too. Scientists looked at thousands of species and sites and found when temperatures warmed up beyond the normal range and that interacted with a shrinking habitat of...
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops.
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops.
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops.
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems interwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study. Scientists looked at thousands of species and sites and found when temperatures warmed up beyond the normal range combined with a shrinking habitat of flowering plants, the number of insects that pollinate those plants plummets by 61%, according to a...
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops.
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops.
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops.
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