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by hh3k0 941 days ago
All other things aside, it will also make food less nutritious:

> Research led by Sam Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance at the Harvard Chan School, found that when food crops like wheat, corn, rice and soy are exposed to CO2 at levels predicted for 2050, the plants lose as much as 10% of their zinc, 5% of their iron, and 8% of their protein content.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/climate-chan...