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A new study suggests that the loss of pollinators due to climate change and tropical deforestation will have a pronounced effect in the global coffee industry
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. Thursday's 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 flower plants, the number of insects that pollinate those plants plummets by 61%. Bees, flies and ...
Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers
Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems inter wine and intensify, it likely will
Climate change–driven declines in pollinating insects will result in less successful coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango crops.