Random Delicious Foods to Eat Before They Go Extinct (12 items)

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  (#1) Chocolate

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  More than half of the world's chocolate supply is produced in Ghana and the Ivory Coast - two areas severely affected by rising temps. Scientists predict that climate change will significantly reduce cocoa production by 2030.

  What's more, two of the world's biggest chocolate companies (Mars, Inc. and Barry Callebaut) say we're eating way too much. In 2013, the world ate 70,000 metric tons more cocoa than it produced. By 2020 the deficit could be 1 million metric tons, and by 2030, it could be near 2 million.
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  (#2) Honey

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  Thanks to Colony Collapse Disorder, more than one-third of America's honeybees have already disappeared. No more bees, no more honey. 
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  (#3) Maple Syrup

  Pancake emergency! Global warming's hotter temperatures are to blame for maple trees' shorter and shorter sapping seasons and less sugary sap. In fact, average temps in New England are 2 to 4 degrees higher than they were 100 years ago. If they go up another 6 degrees, the world may lose its sugar maple population entirely.
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  (#4) Banana

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  The banana's great enemy, Panama disease, is on the move. In the last few years, it's jumped continents and begun devastating banana growing regions in Jordan and Mozambique.
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  (#5) Coffee

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  Pest infestations, deforestation, changing weather patters. You name it, coffee's threatened by it. Just a half-degree rise in temperatures can drastically affect production. In coffee growing regions like India, extreme rainfall events have cut yields by 30%. Bad news for your morning mood (and your relationship with your coworkers).  
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  (#6) Peanuts

  It might be time to make the switch to almond butter. Peanut plants are notoriously fickle, and both increased temperatures and long-term droughts are only making it tougher. 
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  (#7) Whitefish

  Your next basket of fish and chips may be made entirely of shark (and potatoes). Overfishing has led to shortages of favorites like pollock, haddock, hoki, hake, cod, redfish, roughies, whiting, and Chilean sea bass.
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  (#8) Salmon

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  Salmon depend on cold streams to reproduce. But global warming has led to hotter water in their natural habitats, making salmon (and trout) much more scarce than ever before. 
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  (#9) Avocados

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  Avocados aren't going extinct per se, but they are  almost unsustainably difficult to grow, especially as the demand for guacamole increases. Growing a single pound of avocados takes roughly 72 gallons of water, which means that droughts are especially serious for avocados. When rainfall in California isn't sufficent, the cost of avocados increases dramatically. It's only a matter of time before the a rough season leads to the cost of water outweighing the benefits of growing avocados.
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  (#10) Wine

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  It's not all bad news for wine-lovers (thank goodness), but warmer temperatures around the globe may make it tougher for regions like France and California to produce their delicious wines in the quantities the world demands.

  Cooler regions in the U.K. and American Midwest may see increased production as they warm up, but prolonged high temperatures in hotter areas could be devastating. 
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  (#11) Bluefin Tuna

  Due to overfishing (caused by humanity's voracious appetite for sushi), the Bluefin tuna is already the sixth-most threatened species on the planet. 
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  (#12) Tabasco sauce

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  If you're a fan of Bloody Marys or simply smothering your food in the signature sauce, you might want to get your fill now. The sauce is exclusively produced with Tabasco peppers, which are processed at Avery Island in Louisiana. Due to climate change, intense weather patterns, and natural environmental processes, the island stands at risk of being slowly swallowed by rising water levels. Louisiana itself loses about a football field's worth of land every 100 minutes, threatening the future of Tabasco sauce. 

  The McIlhenny Company, solely responsible for producing Tabasco sauce, is exploring various ways to keep the water levels in check. The company has resorted to rebuilding the island's marshes, building water control structures, and hunting the feral hogs who contribute to swamp erosion. While many higher ups in the company are optimistic about the future of Avery Island and Tabasco sauce, as the effects of climate change grow more intense the future of the savory condiment remains uncertain. 

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