We live not only in an era of industrial progress, urbanization and high technologies, but also in global warming and other climate changes. All these conditions in total can lead to the fact that at one not entirely perfect moment people can lose many products, because they or the raw materials from which they are produced can disappear from the face of the Earth.
In addition to climatic problems, people may face the extinction of various species of animals, without which the appearance of certain types of food is impossible, the same honey, for example. In addition, modern types of aggressive mineral fertilizers lead to depletion of the soil and to the fact that it becomes less fertile. Below is a list of those products, without which we may be left in the near future.
Avocado
Not everyone likes this overseas product, but it is part of many delicious dishes, therefore it is actively bought. But fruit prices are constantly rising. This trend is dictated by the fact that the main supplier of the "alligator pear" is mainly the United States. There, avocados are grown in California, and this state has recently experienced droughts.
It takes a huge amount of water to water the trees on which these fruits grow (one kilogram of avocado is spent a thousand liters or more). As a result, the costs of growing and exporting, and therefore the cost of the product, grow. In addition to the United States, avocados grow in Mexico, Africa, Israel and some countries in South America.
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Peanut
This nut, growing underground, may disappear from the vastness of our planet by 2030. The fact is that in order to harvest peanuts, you need a stable climate. In the southern countries where it is grown, in conditions of global warming, high temperatures and frequent droughts are observed. By the way, there is an opinion that peanuts are dangerous to health, because they are very high in calories, and when grown, to protect the plant from pests, petunia poison is added to it.
Coffee
By the end of this century, if there is no apocalypse, people will not be able to drink coffee. By the standards of scientists, coffee trees will be cut in half by 2050, and will disappear altogether in another 30 years. The fact is that warming is also damaging their plantations. Therefore, people will probably have to look for an alternative and "switch" to tea, which is not such a scarce product. In addition, coffee appeared in Europe only in the 15th century after it was brought by the discoverer of America, Signor Columbus.
Orange
For those who think that they will be able to switch from coffee to orange juice, we also hasten to upset you. Aphid-borne citrus greening is increasingly attacking orange trees. In order to defeat this plant disease, the tree must be uprooted. Now this problem has spread to citrus fruits in Asian countries and the United States.
Banana
Banana trees also suffer from plant diseases. They are exterminated by a fungus called Tropical Race 4. The disease gradually "eats" the roots of trees, leading to their drying out. It spreads at a tremendous speed, therefore, if the bananas remain, they will be very expensive. The fungus will now attack trees in Africa, Australia, Pakistan and the Philippines.
Honey
Over the past several decades, honeybee populations have been declining at a tremendous rate. In this regard, the amount of honey, which is a product of their vital activity, also decreases. In the last decade alone, according to statistics, the number of bees decreased by 40%.
Now the situation has become catastrophic, because "honey plants" die to a greater extent from human activity, from mineral fertilizers and other substances that are used to process plants (pesticides and herbicides). But the biggest problem is not that we will be left without such a useful product as honey, but that bees pollinate plants, being an important element of the ecosystem. If they are not there, cultures that need their "work" will also disappear from our table, and people will feel food shortages.
Cocoa and chocolate
The fact is that chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow on trees in tropical countries. Cocoa plantations have been declining recently due to high temperatures, insufficient rainfall and drought. It is believed that at this rate, they will cease to exist by 2050. Then humanity will be left without a sweet treat and the main food "antidepressant".
Mussels
According to climatologists, now the temperature of sea water is increasing in all parts of our planet, and the concentration of salt in the surface layer of the ocean is decreasing. These changes will negatively affect marine microorganisms - bacteria and plankton. Such consequences will lead to the disappearance of other parts of the food chain, in particular, mussels.
Sea fish
Commercial fishing from the seas and oceans leads to the fact that within several decades it can disappear from our tables. The fact is that recently it has been caught many times more than it has time to be born. Such rates will lead to its disappearance from the face of the Earth by 2050.
Summing up, we can say that there are types of products, in particular, tropical fruits, without which we can live, but there are those that are very useful for the body, which means that their disappearance will negatively affect our health. Therefore, if we believe the disappointing forecasts of ecologists, then humanity will die from lack of food much earlier than the real “end of the world” comes.
Natalie Lee