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Rising carbon dioxide may compromise human nutrition, study says
2014-05-07 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Given that an estimated two billion people suffer from zinc and iron deficiencies, resulting in a loss of 63 million life years annually from malnutrition, the reduction in these nutrients represents...
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