yeah. I've read that in west Africa, the cocoa is being affected by a combination of illegal gold mining, climate change, sector mismanagement, and spreading disease.

Indeed, increasing temperature of the sea is very worrying, increased ocean acidification affecting marine life, ice melting increase sea level and more powerful storms, the sea has more energy to feed hurricanes and typhoons, I'm sure I am forgetting something. Everybody is affected by it in the end. 

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Worried about the coral... last few times I've been snorkeling it's been pretty disappointing.

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World Sea and Air Temperature (how is it going 2024)

wow, that’s wild!

i heard speculation that the warm sea temperatures led to the poor cocoa harvest this year, causing the 5x jump in prices we’ve seen recently.

i wonder what other unexpected events might result from the warmer sea temperature…