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7 of your favorite foods might be going extinct soon
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There's no denying that the
seasons are out of whack. Besides affecting our moods and
making us complain more, the weird weather will inevitably affect
our food.
Agriculture requires very specific environmental conditions,
and when these conditions aren't met, the agriculture suffers. As
a result, we may not be able to enjoy some of our favorite foods
for much longer.
Here are some that may go extinct in our lifetime due to climate
change.
Avocados
It takes 72 gallons of water to make just one
pound of avocados - that's just about two medium-sized avocados!
And to put 72 gallons of water into perspective, that's about how
much water is used in four average American showers.
It just so happens that more than 80% of America's avocados are
grown in California, where there's
a drought. This means that growing avocados is becoming both more
expensive and more difficult. Charley Wolk, an avocado farmer,
told Grub
Street, "The avocado's native environment is tropical,
and we're growing them in a desert."
Chickpeas
Similarly, it takes 76 gallons of water to
make just one ounce of chickpeas (a can of chickpeas is 15
ounces).
Worldwide production of these legumes has gone down
40 to 50 percent due to droughts all across the globe, and by
that rate, hummus may become a thing of the past.
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Coffee
70 percent of the world's coffee could be wiped out by 2080,
according to
CBC News.
Most coffee is made from Arabica beans, which grow best between
64 F and 70 F. If the temperature rises above that, the plants
ripen too quickly, which affects the taste of the coffee.
As the temperatures keep rising thanks to climate change, coffee
yield and quality are decreasing.
Fish
At the rate we're going, researchers say that there will be no
more fish in the oceans by 2048.
This is due to over fishing and destructive fishing practices
like trawling, which is an industrial fishing method in which a
huge, weighted net scoops up all the fish that comes its way,
including endangered ones.
This loss of diversity also results in an
imbalance in the ecosystem, which makes sea life more
susceptible to pollution and toxins, resulting in a deadly cycle
under the sea.
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Considered
"fairly fussy plants," peanuts require five months of
consistently warm weather, combined with 20 to 40 inches of rain.
Too little rain and the pods won't germinate: Too much rain and
the plants will mold, making the peanuts inedible.
Most of America's peanut production comes from the southern
states,
which are susceptible to droughts and heat waves, which have
destroyed entire peanut crops.
If peanuts don't go extinct, they may become a luxury item.
Maple Syrup
Similar to peanuts, maple syrup (or rather, the sugar maple trees
that produce it) requires very specific and stable weather
conditions that our ever-changing climate can no longer offer.
Maple syrup production has been greatly affected by global
warming - the syrup-producing season is starting earlier and
earlier. On top of that, warmer summers and droughts don't meet
the climate needs for sugar maples, which need
freezing temperatures in the winter, and warm spring days to
produce sap.
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Chocolate
Basically, we're eating chocolate faster than it can be produced.
Last year, the world ate roughly 70,000 metric tons more
cocoa than was produced. By 2020, experts say that
that number could skyrocket to 1 million metric tons, and a
whopping 2 million metric tons by 2030, according to
the
Washington Post.
On top of increased consumption, West Africa, which
produces 70 percent of the world's chocolate, is
seeing rising temperatures and less water, which has taken a toll
on production. There's also a fungal disease spreading
called
Frosty Pod Rot, which eats away at cocoa pods and
destroys entire harvests.
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