Notes from a rare planet: Climate change threatens coffee crops

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“Coffee production has long been vulnerable to drought or excess rains. But recently, a tiny insect that thrives in warmer temperatures — the coffee berry borer — has been spreading steadily, devastating coffee plants in Africa, Latin America, and around the world.”
“The Arabica coffee grown in Ethiopia and Latin America is an especially climate-sensitive crop. It requires just the right amount of rain and an average annual temperature between 64 degrees Fahrenheit and 70 degrees Fahrenheit to prosper.”

Climate scientists continue to be exonerated from the false attacks from climate deniers.

“Male adults of the new species, named Microhyla nepenthicola, grow to approximately one centimetre in length.”

“Continued rhino poaching in South Africa is causing some security firms to adopt military tactics in their battle against the poachers.”
“The rhino has no predator in the African bush besides man, but for centuries these majestic creatures have fallen prey to man’s greed. They are killed as trophies, as well as for the mythical properties of their horn, which is highly valued in the Far East as a staple of traditional Chinese medicine.”

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