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Rice's Nutritional Value Decreases in Higher CO2 Concentrations (4 of 5)

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Rice's Nutritional Value Decreases in Higher CO<sub>2</sub> Concentrations (4 of 5)

image: CO2 depletes rice nutrients. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 23 May 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by C. Zhu at Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing, China, and colleagues was titled, "Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels this century will alter the protein, micronutrients, and vitamin content of rice grains with potential health consequences for the poorest rice-dependent countries." view more 

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