Coffee prices are set to hit consumer’s hip pockets as changing climates have affected coffee bean production globally, scientists say.
New Australian research by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Southern Queensland shows that the changing nature of concurrent climate hazards could impact coffee production on a global scale.
The researchers found that between the top 12 coffee-producing regions, the impacts of climate factors such as extremes in temperatures and rainfall have increased in every region for over 40 years. Researchers said the climate variations were likely “driven by large-scale climate modes such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).”…