6 in 10 Wild Coffee Species Are Threatened With Extinction, According to Scientists

More than half of the world's wild coffee could be at risk of extinction due to climate change, deforestation and disease, new research says.

In an analysis of 124 known coffee species, scientists from the U.K.-based Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew found 75 (60%) are at risk of extinction. Thirteen of those species were identified as "critically endangered.

More than half of the world's wild coffee could be at risk of extinction due to climate change, deforestation and disease, new research says. In an analysis of 124 known coffee species, scientists from the U.K.-based Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew found 75 (60%) are at risk of extinction. Thirteen of those species were identified as "critically endangered.