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The study itself concluded that the decline of plant proteins in the face of soaring carbon dioxide concentrations provides an “urgent and compellin
by devy 10y ago
The study itself concluded that the decline
of plant proteins in the face of soaring carbon
dioxide concentrations provides an “urgent and
compelling case” for CO2 sensitivity in pollen
and other plant components.
I wonder if that pollen with significantly reduced protein would also affects human allergy, as it's very common these days. (Not sure if were common a few decades ago, but I am skeptical.)
Love to hear someone with expertise in this to chime in.
- ageofwant 10y agoPeople have noted correlations between climate change and allergy increase: http://fightthecauseofallergy.org/page/climate-change-and-allergy http://fightthecauseofallergy.org/page/climate-change-and-al...
- ars 10y agoThat would be backwards then. Less protein means less allergy not more. Of course it's trendy to blame absolutely everything on climate change, even contradictory things, so.........
- nikdaheratik 10y agoIt isn't contradictory if the warmer weather or reduced rainfall trigger more high pollen days, it could be worse for allergy sufferers even if the pollen released has less protein. We don't know for sure, but that's why we do research.