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Climate Change Could Lead To Nutrient Deficiency For Hundreds of Millions (smithsonianmag.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Smithsonian: According to new research, rising carbon dioxide levels will sap some of the nutrients from our crops and lead to dietary deficiencies in millions of humans. In 2014, field trials of common food crops including wheat, rice, corn and soybeans showed that as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased, the levels of iron, zinc and protein decreased in the dietary staples by 3 to 17 percent. While the decrease in a few nutrients may not seem important in food secure countries, it could have a big impact in poorer nations.
In the new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers calculated the impact of declining nutrients on human health. According to a press release, the team looked at the impact of rising CO2 on 225 different types of food. Based on population estimates for 2050 and an expected rise of carbon dioxide from about 400 parts per million today to 550 ppm by mid-century, the team found that the nutrient deficiencies of those already suffering will worsen, and 175 million more people could join the 1.2 billion who are zinc deficient and 122 million people would be added to the 622 million who don't receive enough protein. About 1.4 billion women of childbearing age and children under 5 could see their iron intake drop by about 4 percent.
In the new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers calculated the impact of declining nutrients on human health. According to a press release, the team looked at the impact of rising CO2 on 225 different types of food. Based on population estimates for 2050 and an expected rise of carbon dioxide from about 400 parts per million today to 550 ppm by mid-century, the team found that the nutrient deficiencies of those already suffering will worsen, and 175 million more people could join the 1.2 billion who are zinc deficient and 122 million people would be added to the 622 million who don't receive enough protein. About 1.4 billion women of childbearing age and children under 5 could see their iron intake drop by about 4 percent.
Seriously, is the ANYTHING bad that hasn't been threatened to happen from climate change? It's gone from funny to downright annoying to insulting now. How stupid do these people think we are? There obviously is a major agenda behind this. I'm just trying to figure out what their angle is. Just keeping the 'research' dollars flowing into the pocketbooks? These scare tactics are abhorrent.
Information taken personally by simple man, feels guilty and emotionally inconvenienced. Blames conspiracy as means to emotionally divest. News at 11.
"Old man yells at systemd"
This is essentially the same story as on may 25th slashdot
Historically, the church was responsible for telling you what is good/bad, and the bible written in Latin/Greek/Aramaic was not readable by the masses. So they would make up what it said to control people, but you could "pay money" to be absolved of sins. Martin Luther translated the bible and all that crap came to an end pretty quick.
AGW appears to be the same. They tell you what is good/bad, you are not allowed to question them because they are "experts" and you are not. However, you can pay them money to be absolved of your AGW sins. With the number of times they have been caught outright lying, I am beginning to believe they desire to become like the Catholic church before the Lutheran revolution.
For example, Al Gore is one of their "Popes". He flys in private jets, with a huge house, and large SUVs, telling you that you are the problem. Just like the old corrupt Popes of the Catholic church (are they better today?).
How is that a different discussion? Research like wouldn't even be happening if the scientific community at large wasn't absolutely sure that CO2 levels will continue to rise due to human produced CO2. The research and take-away is political by nature. Click-bait is a term you can use dismissively on anything that's designed to attract attention, but "Comet about to hit earth" isn't a click bait headline if a comet is going to hit the earth.
Climate Change Could Lead To Nutrient Deficiency For Hundreds of Millions.
Rising levels of CO2 is climate change. Could. Not will, but could. Hundreds of Millions is a relatively modest percent of humans on earth. And that's click-baity to you? I really have no idea what you're fucking complaining about, short of the headline being "Don't read this, it's boring and has nothing to do with you."
"Old man yells at systemd"
Oh shut the fuck up you useless cunt. I'm an atheist and well, you're not winning any friends or making your point any more clear by belittling people.
The coal industry doesn't give a fuck about whatever Jesus bullshit you're trying to bring up here. They care about profit. Not whatever strawman bullshit you're coming up with.
Here is a hint, try being less of a twat.
The root cause of almost all the problems of pollution, resource exhaustion and crowding is simple: too many human beings sharing a planet that could comfortably and sustainably support one, or maybe two billion.
It's very easy to wave arms and make facile comments about how foolish Malthus was - but, in principle, he was completely right. Thanks (perhaps) to human ingenuity, we have staved off the moment of crisis for a few decades. But perhaps the final consequence will just be a far worse collapse.
Think. As population grows, the need for food obviously grows with it. So does the amount of manufactured objects and services demanded by the larger population. Which is mainly responsible for higher CO2 levels? It's hard to say; but one thing can be said with certainty. If the human population were still one billion (or three billion even) we would not have most of these problems.
Why are crops getting poorer in vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients? Largely because too many harvests are being taken out of a fixed area under cultivation. The Green Revolution produced much greater yields - with generous application of artificial fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides - but the soil can only produce nutrients at a given rate. Quadruple the weight of your annual harvest, and pretty soon you have sucked most of the vitamins and minerals out of the fields. After the food is eaten, anything left over goes down the sewer and is lost. It definitely doesn't go back on the land, as animal and human manure used to.
For a little more information, I suggest reading Philip Lymberry's "Farmageddon" and Richard Manning's "Against the Grain".
I am sure that there are many other solipsists out there.