As Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, Major Crops Are Losing Nutrients

Source https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/19/616098095/as-carbon-dioxide-levels-rise-major-crops-are-losing-nutrients?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Rice within the octagon in this field is part of an experiment to grow rice under different levels of carbon dioxide.

As the level of carbon dioxide in the air rises because of human activity, scientists are trying to pin down how plants are affected. There’s evidence that it’s changing many important plants we eat.

(Image credit: Toshihiro Jasegawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan)

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Source https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/19/616098095/as-carbon-dioxide-levels-rise-major-crops-are-losing-nutrients?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Rice within the octagon in this field is part of an experiment to grow rice under different levels of carbon dioxide.

As the level of carbon dioxide in the air rises because of human activity, scientists are trying to pin down how plants are affected. There’s evidence that it’s changing many important plants we eat.

(Image credit: Toshihiro Jasegawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan)

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