Climate change is making plants less nutritious
The HinduMore than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Rising carbon, falling nutrients Research has already shown that climate change is causing nutrient dilution in human food crops. In contrast, locusts prefer carbon-rich plants, so rising carbon dioxide levels could cause increases in locust outbreaks. More research is needed to understand what role nutrient dilution may be playing in declines of individual species, including experiments that artificially increase carbon dioxide levels and studies that monitor long-term changes in plant chemistry alongside animals in the field. Changes in plant nutritional value as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels could have far-reaching impacts throughout ecosystems worldwide.
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