By John Wenz
Arabica coffee in warehouse in southwest Ethiopia.
The beans (click here) that made your morning cup of joe probably from one of the two species of coffee: Arabica or Robusta. Those two are responsible for most of the commercial coffee in the world, but they are just two of hundred of inter-related species of the coffee plant in the world—and many of those species are in danger.
A new study published today in Science Advances states that 60 percent of wild coffee species could go extinct in the coming decades—and some rarer plants may already be gone. And if you think saving the wild kinds of coffee isn't important, think again. Arabica and robusta are under threat from climate change, and saving the wild coffee plants might be the key to saving your daily cup.,,,
