Food quality dips as greenhouse gases increase

Science Daily says a field test conducted by the University of California-Davis “has demonstrated that elevated levels of carbon dioxide inhibit plants’ assimilation of nitrate into proteins, indicating that the nutritional quality of food crops is at risk as climate change intensifies.” Laboratory experiments indicated this would occur. UC-Davis checked samples of field-grown wheat to verify… » Read More

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