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ScienceDaily: The carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere continues to climb and heat up the climate. The gas is, however, indispensable for plants, as they use the carbon it provides to form glucose and other important substances. Therefore, the more carbon dioxide the better? The equation is unfortunately not as simple as that. The plants, which ensure our basic food supply today, have not been bred for vertical growth but for short stalks and high grain yields.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of......
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Carbon dioxide could reduce crop yields
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 30th, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation