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    A World Without Chocolate?

    Oct 01, 2019 4 minutes
    by Loretta Schumacher Carlson

    Many people enjoy a steaming cup of hot chocolate on a snowy day or a gooey candy bar as an afternoon treat. So rumors predicting that chocolate would disappear from the planet by the mid-21st century sent chocoholics into a frenzy.

    Fortunately, those rumors are false. However, scientists agree that cocoa production faces other threats that are all too real. In fact, they are working on solutions to one of the most pressing concerns.

    Climate Change Imperils the Rain Forests

    All the chocolate we eat comes from the beans of cacao (kuh-COW) trees grown in rain forests located near the

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