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7 foods that could go extinct thanks to climate change
气候变化导致7种食物走向灭绝
Climate change is already resulting in a huge number of consequences globally, from rising sea levels to record-breaking high temperatures.
气候变化已经在全球引发了许多后果，从海平面上升到破纪录的高温，不一而足。
It's also endangering some of the most popular and delicious foods on the planet.
除此之外，气候变化也危及到了一些最受欢迎的美食。
With the hotter weather and more frequent natural disasters that come with deviation from Earth's natural cycles, foods from avocado to lobster are in trouble.
由于气温升高、自然灾害日益频繁以及地球自然循环异常，牛油果和龙虾等食物纷纷陷入危机。
Here are seven foods and drinks that could grow more expensive and eventually disappear due to climate change.
以下列举是由于气候变化而导致价格上涨、甚至最后可能消失的七种食物和饮料。
1. Avocados
牛油果
There are many reasons why avocados are more expensive now than ever before, including a farmers' strike. But the biggest threats to avocados are rooted in environmental issues linked to climate change: hot weather and droughts have caused problems everywhere from California to Australia. Avocados are weather-sensitive and slow growing — making them especially susceptible to the effects of climate change.
果农罢工等许多原因导致了现在的牛油果比以往任何时候都更昂贵，但其最大的威胁来自于气候变化引起的环境问题。炎热的天气和干旱已经导致加利福尼亚和澳洲等地的牛油果种植区出现了许多问题。牛油果对天气很敏感且生长缓慢，这使得它们特别容易受到气候变化的影响。
2 .Coffee
咖啡
In September, a report from the nonprofit Climate Institute concluded that the area around the world fit for coffee production would decrease by 50% due to climate change. In addition to dealing with drought, climate change has made coffee crops more vulnerable to diseases like coffee rust, which have wiped out more than a billion dollars in crops.
一家非盈利性气候研究机构九月份发布的一份报告显示，由于气候变化，全球适合生产咖啡的土地面积将会减少50％。除了遭受干旱灾害的影响，气候变化也使得咖啡作物更易遭受咖啡锈病等病害的危害。各种作物病害已经对咖啡作物造成了10亿多美元的产量损失。
3. Beer
啤酒
Warmer and more extreme weather is hurting hops production in the US, reports ClimateWatch Magazine.
《气候观测》杂志称气候变暖导致食物短缺，气候变暖和极端化正对美国啤酒花的生产造成危害。
And droughts could mean less tasty drinks. Some brewers fear that a shortage of river water may force them to brew with groundwater — a change that the head brewer at Lagunitas said "would be like brewing with Alka-Seltzer," according to NPR.
干旱灾害可能会使得可口的饮料越来越少。一些啤酒商担心，河水短缺可能会迫使他们改用地下水来酿造啤酒。据美国国家公共电台报道，加利福尼亚Lagunitas 的总啤酒商表示，改用地下水简直就像用苏打水酿啤酒一样。
4. Oysters
牡蛎
Right now, climate change is actually helping oysters, as they grow faster in warmer waters. However, warmer waters also make oysters more susceptible to oyster drills, reports Seeker, citing a recent study in Functional Ecology.
由于海水变暖能够使牡蛎更快地生长，如今的气候变化确实是对它们有利的。然而，Seeker援引《功能生态学》杂志上最近发表的一篇研究称，海水变暖也会使牡蛎更容易受到牡蛎钻的侵害。
Drills are snails that attack and eat oysters. They're already a multi-million dollar problem for the oyster industry that could get worse thanks to warming water temperatures.
牡蛎钻是一种攻击且食用牡蛎的螺。它们已经使得牡蛎产业遭受了数百万美元的损失，而今由于海水变暖，这种状况可能会越来越严重。
5. Maple syrup
枫糖浆
Climate change is already shifting maple syrup tapping season and impacting the quality of syrup, according to Climate Central. Southern producers fear that eventually, areas like Virginia won't get cold enough for maple syrup production, even during the chilliest time of the year.
气候中心表示，气候变化已经使得枫糖浆的采集季节发生了变化，且影响了枫液的质量。南方的制糖者担心，维吉尼亚等地区可能最终会无法达到生产枫糖浆的寒冷气候条件，哪怕是一年中最冷的时候。
6. Chocolate
巧克力
Indonesia and Ghana, which have historically had ideal climates for growing cocoa beans, are already seeing decreased yields of cocoa. Chocolate companies, like Mars, have hired meteorologists to study the impact of changing weather patterns and attempt to reduce damage.
印尼和加纳等国家一直以来都享有种植可可豆的理想气候条件气候变暖导致食物短缺，如今这些国家的可可豆产量也下降了。玛氏公司等巧克力生产公司已纷纷雇佣气候学家对气候变化的影响进行研究，试图减少其造成的损失。
"If climate conditions in these growing areas begin to change over time, it may influence both the supply and quality available of an ingredient that we use in our products," Katie Johnson, a senior manager on the commercial applied research team,told Business Insider in September. "Anticipating what the climate will be like 10, 20, or even 100 years from now is difficult, though the better we can understand what the different climate scenarios and risks to our supply chain are, the more prepared we can be in the future."
九月，玛氏公司商业应用研究团队的总经理Katie Johnson向Business Insider透露，如果这些可可产地的气候条件逐渐变化，最终可能会影响巧克力原料的供应及质量。“如果能够更清楚地预测10年、20年甚至100年后的不同气候情景以及可能对我们的产品供应链所造成的风险，我们就能够更好地为未来做准备，但这是一件很困难的事情。”
7. Lobsters
龙虾
If ocean waters increase more than five degrees, baby lobsters may not be able to survive, according to research by the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, the Guardian reported.
据《卫报》报道，缅因州大学Darling海洋中心和毕格罗海洋科学实验室联合进行的一项研究表明，如果海水温度再上升5摄氏度，龙虾幼苗可能将无法生存。
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that the Gulf of Maine will reach that temperature by 2100. In other words, Maine's lobsters could go from a more than$330 million business to extinct in 84 years.
联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会表示，缅因湾的海水将于2100年达到这个温度。换句话说，缅因州3.3亿多美元的龙虾产业将在84年间消失灭绝。
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