Over 60 Percent of Wild Coffee Species Are at Risk of Extinction

For all those that rely on that cup of coffee to get you going in the morning, here's another eye-opener: A majority of wild coffee might be going extinct.

That info is courtesy of a new study finding roughly 60 percent of wild coffee species are at risk of going extinct. We don’t drink these wild, unsavory strains often, but they could help our beloved arabica and robusta beans adapt to climate change, resist pests and ward off diseases.

The study on coffee extinction risks, which exa