Rising carbon dioxide levels affect nutrients in crops, study says

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 21:40 in Earth & Climate

The increased concentration of carbon dioxide that comes with climate change could mean some basic food plants will carry lower concentrations of iron and zinc – and deficiencies of those nutrients are already a “substantial global public health problem,” scientists reported Wednesday. The...

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