YaleClimateConnections: "Climate change could take a bite out of the banana industry." Most of this fruit sold in the U.S. is sourced from Latin American countries like Costa Rica + Columbia. Dan Bebber, an ecologist at the University of Exeter in the U.K., states, “Places like the tropics, which are already very, very hot, are becoming hotter.” The problem is that attempting climate adaptation by moving to other countries may be difficult. "Growing bananas requires people to work on banana plantations, water to irrigate banana plants, and ports to ship bananas all over the world." Or, as Bebber sums it up: “The regions that will be most suitable in terms of climate will actually be further away from ports, they may not be as well supplied with irrigation, and they may not have the people there to work in those regions. … these other factors are going to constrain the industry’s ability to adapt.” As the lament from the old song goes: "Yes! We Have No Bananas," which is an American novelty song by Frank Silver + Irving Cohn, published in March 23, 1923. Before your time + mine, but now becoming more of a reality.
