Rising carbon dioxide levels make food more calorific but less nutritious—and potentially more toxic, a study finds. 🌱📉 While higher CO₂ increases crop yields, nutrient density declines: zinc levels drop, lead levels rise, and overall nutrient content decreases by an average of 3.2%. ⚖️🥦
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<fc>CO<sub>2</sub></fc> Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality
This analysis studies the direct effect of CO2 rise on nutrient quality by synthesizing pre-existing data on ~59,000 samples across 43 different food crops, where half of the plants were grown under ...
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