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Climate Change May Be Killing All Our Fancy Coffee
2014-05-18 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wire: The American government is stepping in to help farmers in Central America battle a disease that is devastating coffee crops in several important coffee-producing countries. The disease is a fungus known as "coffee rust," it sounds absolutely terrifying, and it could be enabled by climate change. What does it do? Attacks. The roya fungus is taking a toll in places like Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras. In Guatemala, a national emergency has been declared. First, parts...
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