Junk food for plants – Food News – Particle

The human-led climate crisis has begun to impact our world in profound ways.
Along with the well-known impacts, such as increased weather extremes and rising global temperatures, there are secondary effects.
One of these is food nutrition.
Junk food for plants
Environmental carbon dioxide lets plants photosynthesise more and grow faster.
But theres a catch.
Excess carbon dioxide acts like plant junk food. It makes plants grow faster but stops them absorbing minerals from the soil.
By 2050, plants…

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