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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.
This isn't good but fortunately I just bought a $60,000 Tesla so I am sure things are going to turn around real soon now for the environment.
Information taken personally by simple man, feels guilty and emotionally inconvenienced. Blames conspiracy as means to emotionally divest. News at 11.
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There are simply too damn many people on earth.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Obviously, it's not "climate change" that lowers nutrients, it's carbon dioxide. And the "nutrients" that are being lost are zinc and iron, trivial to supplement even in the unlikely event that people don't get enough from their diet and the issue can't be addressed by simple breeding.
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?).
Obviously this is a click-bait headline. Regardless of your views on climate change, this is not really an article about climate change. It says that increased CO2 has a negative effect on nutrients produced by these specified crops. I think they do a good job of making their point. Now, if people want to debate the effect of human produced CO2, that's a different discussion.
But the upside is that thc and bud production is increasing, so theres that.
The aganda here is not what many think. The agenda is to get you to stop paying attention because you are tired of hearing about it, so you'll demand we start burning coal. Peace out.
While I agree with your sentiment about paying attention, coal is going away because of natural gas.
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In your rush to be offended, you seem to have missed my point. You claim that rising CO2 and climate change are the exact same thing. There are plenty of other things that can lead to climate change. If you wanted to create an accurate headline, you could say "Rising CO2 Could Lead To Nutrient Deficiency For Hundreds of Millions". That would accurately describe the research. I would find that to be an interesting enough headline to read the story. Instead, they try to entice more readers by using a click-bait type headline. In no way am I trying to say this is a story that does not deserve to be read.
No, actually, climate change makes your breath fresher. But, you're not going to hear that from the MSM!
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I'm more interested in getting the atmosphere's O2 above 30% again. We'd get giant insects again. Who wouldn't want giant insects? Should be easier to keep them out of my house... I hope...
It's possible I'm both racist and ignorant. Oh, and sexist. Probably sexist too. Because I'm a man, with skin so white it's nearly translucent, therefore I must be ignorant, racist, and sexist. Oh, and homophobic too, I almost forgot about that.
I've been accused of so many things that it means nothing any more. How about instead of providing insults you provide some information?
The BBC has been giving some reporting on this and they aren't exactly a small time blog known for right wing conspiracy theories.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world...
The government is planning to take land from people without compensation, and amending the constitution to make it "legal". This will have long lasting effects on people in the country that produce food and conduct business. We've seen how things like this play out and it never goes well. There will be food shortages, unemployment, and all the "fun times" that come with both. This is simply blatant racism against the white minority and it will not go well for South Africa and their neighbors.
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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.
Yeah. CO2 stimulates faster plant growth, thus accelerating the depletion of the fixed amounts of minerals in the soil.
I am sure that there are many other solipsists out there.
You nailed it, my friend. When I want to see deniers get all ragey and weird, I just point out that the US military and the insurance industry (quintessential, nut-cutting corporate hardasses) have completely accepted the fact of human-caused Global Warming and incorporated it into their strategic plans.
I wouldn't be surprised if 50 years from now, people are looking up some of the high profile deniers and hanging their offspring from the nearest (dead) tree.
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Alarmists serve an EXTREMELY important role in society and we shouldn't encourage the fools who always dismiss them!
Smart people get motivated by an impending crisis and by thinking ahead (possibly even long term thinking) they find solutions to a future necessity. When the crisis has been averted the fools all spew hot air and probably are not even grateful to those who solved the problem.
NOTE: Humans can't always solve every problem in time; and some problems will prove to be beyond human mental capacity.
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You claim that rising CO2 and climate change are the exact same thing. ...
Nitpicking again?
Yes, there are plenty of other things
However we have the year 2018. The most important thing on the planet at the moment is human introduced climate change, aka global warming caused by CO2. Obviously we are talking about that, and not other reasons like a nuclear war or an comet impact.
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If we keep puking CO2 into the atmosphere, CO2 levels will rise. This ain't rocket science.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
we have to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) to slow down climate change and give us time to adapt
Maybe. How much will it help? How much will it cost to help? How much will it cost if we ignore the problem?
If we can agree to do this, we have a chance to survive.
Survive? Seriously? This sort of shit is where the science of climate change gets ignored in the religious fever of its True Believers.
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