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Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition

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  • Samuel S. Myers

    (Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard University Center for the Environment)

  • Antonella Zanobetti

    (Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Itai Kloog

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva, Israel)

  • Peter Huybers

    (Harvard University)

  • Andrew D. B. Leakey

    (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

  • Arnold J. Bloom

    (University of California at Davis)

  • Eli Carlisle

    (University of California at Davis)

  • Lee H. Dietterich

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Glenn Fitzgerald

    (Horsham, Victoria 3001, Australia)

  • Toshihiro Hasegawa

    (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan)

  • N. Michele Holbrook

    (Harvard University)

  • Randall L. Nelson

    (Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research Unit, University of Illinois)

  • Michael J. Ottman

    (School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona)

  • Victor Raboy

    (United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service)

  • Hidemitsu Sakai

    (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan)

  • Karla A. Sartor

    (The Nature Conservancy)

  • Joel Schwartz

    (Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Saman Seneweera

    (Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia)

  • Michael Tausz

    (Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia)

  • Yasuhiro Usui

    (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan)

Abstract

The largest assemblage so far of published data shows that C3 crops have decreased zinc and iron levels under CO2 conditions predicted for the middle of this century, with worldwide nutritional implications.

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  • Samuel S. Myers & Antonella Zanobetti & Itai Kloog & Peter Huybers & Andrew D. B. Leakey & Arnold J. Bloom & Eli Carlisle & Lee H. Dietterich & Glenn Fitzgerald & Toshihiro Hasegawa & N. Michele Holbr, 2014. "Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition," Nature, Nature, vol. 510(7503), pages 139-142, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:510:y:2014:i:7503:d:10.1038_nature13179
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13179
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