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Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Zap Crops of their Nutrients
2014-05-07 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are zapping greens and legumes of their nutrients, according to a new study in the journal Nature. Pictured: Researchers using the Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE) system at the University of Illinois to simulate future atmospheric conditions. Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are zapping greens and legumes of their nutrients, according to a new study in the journal Nature. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are currently approaching 400 parts per million...
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Rising CO2 Levels Find New Ways To Kill You: Lowering The Amount of Nutrients In Our Food
2014-05-07 12:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Company: If we don't intervene, greenhouse gases may significantly reduce the amount of zinc and iron in crops around the world. Add one more consequence to the ever-growing list of climate-change repercussions: a threat to human nutrition. In a study released today in Nature, researchers reveal that rising CO2 levels are significantly reducing the amount of two critical dietary nutrients--iron and zinc--in crops. Some two billion people already have iron and zinc deficiencies, and now climate change could...
Rising CO2 levels could reduce nutrition values of staple crops like wheat, rice and soy
2014-05-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Some of the worlds most important staple crops could be rendered less nutritious by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, scientists have said, leading to a rise in dietary deficiencies already responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. Crops such as wheat, rice and soybeans were all found to have decreased concentrations of iron and zinc when exposed to the higher levels of CO2. Experts said that the effect, which has been observed before but never conclusively proven...
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Realtor hopes free college a levels playing fielda
2014-05-06 08:40:21| Real Estate - Topix.net
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Grand Rapids realtors are among those excited about a new program that will provide free college tuition for hundreds of students living on Grand Rapids' west side.
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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors
2014-05-05 21:30:24| Green Car Congress
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