Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide: Anticipated negative effects on food quality

Kristie L Ebi; Lewis H Ziska

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002600

Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide: Anticipated negative effects on food quality

PLoS Med. 2018 Jul 3;15(7):e1002600. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002600. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Authors

Kristie L Ebi¹, Lewis H Ziska²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
² Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Mississippi, United States of America.

Abstract

In a Perspective, Kristie Ebi and Lewis Ziska discuss Weyant and colleagues' accompanying study on the projected effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide on nutrition and disease.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Carbon
Carbon Dioxide / analysis*
Food Quality
Humans
Malnutrition*

Substances

Carbon Dioxide
Carbon

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.