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Description: With the earth’s core temperature rising due to global warming caused by the emission and entrapment of greenhouse gases, the planet’s climate is being thrown out of whack. It’s even beginning to affect how we produce crops. From the caffeine-rush of coffee to the creamy sweet goodness of chocolate, here are 17 foods that could potentially go extinct in our lifetime. Subscribe to Knowledge Feed for awesome mysteries, discoveries, fun topics and all around AWESOME videos ! 6. Chocolate Could you possibly imagine what it would be like to live in a world where chocolate does not exist? Well, no need to envision that bleak future because we’re already on our way there. Due to the weather warming up and persistent droughts, the sweet treat might be gone for good if nothing is done. Experts have predicted that by the year 2050 chocolate could be completely wiped off the face of the earth. That’s only thirty-two years from now. The problem is being accelerated even faster since more and more people are starting to prefer dark chocolate as it is the healthiest form of chocolate but it does take more cocoa to make. 5. Peanuts First chocolate and now peanut butter? Life is canceled. Sadly, it’s true. Peanut plants are having a tremendously tough time yielding crops as they do need to have a specific and constant climate to grow in which makes them pretty fickle, to begin with. Here in the United States, peanuts are mostly grown in the southern states but it’s here that temperatures are getting to be the warmest and the most droughts are occurring. It’s been estimated that by the year 2030 the world could be without peanuts. The scary thing is that that’s only 12 years away. 4. Bananas History has unfortunately decided to repeat itself but that’s what will ultimately happen to those who never learn and the rest of us have to pay the price. During the 1940’s the Gros Michel banana was the main variety of banana that was sold in North America and Europe and the crop began to die off. This wasn’t due to climate change but rather a nasty fungus was the culprit at fault. Panama disease was the name given to it and what it does is it constricts the roots of the banana tree and ends up suffocating the fruit. The Cavendish, which we all eat today, was then introduced and replaced the Gros Michel. Unfortunately, a new strain of the fungus called tropical race 4 is threatening to wipe out the cavendish species. 3. Fish At the rate that humans are catching fish, the world might not have any in a handful of decades. This is because fishermen happen to be catching them way faster than the fish are able to reproduce resulting in an unsustainable commodity. The depletion of fish populations is being monitored closely and researchers state that potentially by the year 2050 we might not have any fish left if we continue down the same self-destructive past. Species like the salmon rely on cold waters in order to spawn but with global warming creating much warmer waters the population is steadily thinning. Those of you who enjoy sushi should also cut down on your consumption as the bluefin tuna is the sixth most endangered fish on the planet. 2. Chickpeas Fans of hummus should definitely be concerned that the chickpea or garbanzo bean is also having its fair share of troubles. Chickpeas require very large amounts of water in order to grow and just a single ounce will need about 76 gallons of water. To put that into perspective, one can of chickpeas holds 15 ounces. Droughts that are occurring all over the world have diminished the chickpeas production all the way down as much as 40 to 50 percent. You better stock up on them while you can as the legume’s foreseeable future is an unpredictable one at the moment. There’s another particular dip that is also in the danger zone…. 1. Avocados Yes, it’s true. This famous fruit is in the works of eventually becoming a thing of the past and no it’s not because millennials are ordering extra guac on the side. Like we’ve previously stated, the earth’s warming temperatures are having a severe effect on the climate of certain areas. Most of the avocados that grow in the United States are grown in California where the state experienced a more severe drought than usual back in 2017. It’s no easy task cultivating avocados as just one requires approximately 9 gallons of water and a pound needs 72 gallons. If these conditions keep heading down the same path, production will severely slow down and might eventually stop. At least millennials will finally be able to afford houses.