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Yahoo Green: A new study published in the journal Science states that rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere aren't just affecting climate, but could affect the nutrition contained in the world's food crops too. Scientists at the University of California, Davis found that increased CO2 could reduce the protein content of crop plants by as much as 20 percent. This slash in nutritional value happens because higher concentrations of CO2 interfere with a plant's ability to convert nitrates into proteins, ......
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Unexpected consequence: Increased CO2 could affect nutritional value of crops
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 19th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation