Kazimiera
02-12-2014, 08:02 PM
6 Foods That Are Going Extinct Because of Climate Change
Fish
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Many species of fish, as we report frequently here, are diminishing rapidly because of overfishing and climate change. Salmon and trout, which depend on the cold of streams and rivers for survival, are especially susceptible, but so are fish that never leave the ocean.
Already, larger fish are not growing as big as they used to, measuring up to 25 percent smaller, because warmer oceans result in less dissolved oxygen. Other species are evading fishermen as they migrate to warmer seas. A solution, as with vegetables, is to look to traditionally less desirable species for food.
Chocolate
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Did you know that more than half the world’s chocolate is produced in Ghana and the Ivory Coast? Scientists predict that rising temperatures in chocolate-producing regions owing to climate change are affecting the growth of cocoa, chocolate’s main ingredient, and that chocolate production will be significantly diminished by 2030.
Peanuts
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Will the PB&J, an American staple, go the way of the dodo? Peanuts are rather “fussy plants,” according to a government report, needing particular growing conditions to thrive, including just the right moisture and cool underground temperatures. Well, increased temperatures and historic droughts in peanut-growing regions now threaten this baseball-game favorite (and the delicious butter it makes).
Maple Syrup
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Aunt Jemima, symbol of fake syrup, must be pretty pleased. Pure maple syrup, produced across the cooler northern regions of the United States and Canada, is losing its sweetness and may go away entirely. Researchers in New Hampshire have been studying the effect of climate change on syrup’s source, the sugar maple, and have found that warmer temperatures are resulting in shorter and shorter sapping seasons and less sugary sap. Here’s the scary part: If New England—which is 2 to 4 degrees warmer than it was 100 years ago—gains another 6 degrees in average temperature, sugar maples could disappear completely.
Coffee
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Get your climate-changing hands off my cuppa joe, global warming! Alas, scientists report that even a half-degree temperature increase can negatively impact the coffee crop around the world. What’s more, an increase in warming-induced rain events has already cut crop yields—for instance, production in India declined by 30 percent between 2002 and 2011.
Wine
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Wine country may be moving north or closing up shop altogether. The ideal climate conditions that have benefited wine-producing regions of the world such as France and California are changing, reducing grape yields and even altering the quality of the wines the regions produce. Prolonged high temperatures can devastate a vintage, for instance, by diminishing a vital ingredient in a quality wine grape: organic acid.
“[Traditionally cooler] regions of the world, like the U.K. and the Midwest, will likely have better harvests as a result of higher temperatures,” says Nierenberg of Food Tank, “but other wine growing regions may suffer.”
Source: http://www.takepart.com/photos/6-foods-are-going-extinct-because-climate-change/wine
Fish
http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/466765993.jpg?itok=JS9CS2zE
Many species of fish, as we report frequently here, are diminishing rapidly because of overfishing and climate change. Salmon and trout, which depend on the cold of streams and rivers for survival, are especially susceptible, but so are fish that never leave the ocean.
Already, larger fish are not growing as big as they used to, measuring up to 25 percent smaller, because warmer oceans result in less dissolved oxygen. Other species are evading fishermen as they migrate to warmer seas. A solution, as with vegetables, is to look to traditionally less desirable species for food.
Chocolate
http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/453833923.jpg?itok=ooacdgJs
Did you know that more than half the world’s chocolate is produced in Ghana and the Ivory Coast? Scientists predict that rising temperatures in chocolate-producing regions owing to climate change are affecting the growth of cocoa, chocolate’s main ingredient, and that chocolate production will be significantly diminished by 2030.
Peanuts
http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/129311194.jpg?itok=bSak1Arv
Will the PB&J, an American staple, go the way of the dodo? Peanuts are rather “fussy plants,” according to a government report, needing particular growing conditions to thrive, including just the right moisture and cool underground temperatures. Well, increased temperatures and historic droughts in peanut-growing regions now threaten this baseball-game favorite (and the delicious butter it makes).
Maple Syrup
http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/94278708.jpg?itok=97ttVSCC
Aunt Jemima, symbol of fake syrup, must be pretty pleased. Pure maple syrup, produced across the cooler northern regions of the United States and Canada, is losing its sweetness and may go away entirely. Researchers in New Hampshire have been studying the effect of climate change on syrup’s source, the sugar maple, and have found that warmer temperatures are resulting in shorter and shorter sapping seasons and less sugary sap. Here’s the scary part: If New England—which is 2 to 4 degrees warmer than it was 100 years ago—gains another 6 degrees in average temperature, sugar maples could disappear completely.
Coffee
http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/453112421.jpg?itok=Gk7Duyc5
Get your climate-changing hands off my cuppa joe, global warming! Alas, scientists report that even a half-degree temperature increase can negatively impact the coffee crop around the world. What’s more, an increase in warming-induced rain events has already cut crop yields—for instance, production in India declined by 30 percent between 2002 and 2011.
Wine
http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/71058860.jpg?itok=PrkWz9LH
Wine country may be moving north or closing up shop altogether. The ideal climate conditions that have benefited wine-producing regions of the world such as France and California are changing, reducing grape yields and even altering the quality of the wines the regions produce. Prolonged high temperatures can devastate a vintage, for instance, by diminishing a vital ingredient in a quality wine grape: organic acid.
“[Traditionally cooler] regions of the world, like the U.K. and the Midwest, will likely have better harvests as a result of higher temperatures,” says Nierenberg of Food Tank, “but other wine growing regions may suffer.”
Source: http://www.takepart.com/photos/6-foods-are-going-extinct-because-climate-change/wine