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An 8% decline is not a "collapse." Also, this could be considered a feature, not a bug, that crops can be produced with less fertilizer, that zinc and iron is s
by jqs79 9y ago
An 8% decline is not a "collapse." Also, this could be considered a feature, not a bug, that crops can be produced with less fertilizer, that zinc and iron is still in the soil for the following years. Nutritionists always say that eating a balanced diet provides people with far more of the essential minerals and vitamins than we actually need.
So an alternative headline: "Climate change allows crops to be produced more abundantly and with less fertilizer and added micronutrients, while retaining more than 90% of their nutrients"
- coldcode 9y agoIf you are a wealthy (compared to the average world) western person, they this is not a big issue as you can compensate. If you depend entirely on locally grown plants (most of the world) with barely enough to eat less nutrition is a big problem.
- newscracker 9y agoIt may not be a collapse for people who get to choose what they eat, how much they eat, when they eat and how often they eat. But this certainly has a huge impact on the overall human population, where the poorer classes stand at a huge disadvantage with an 8% drop in nutritive value and cannot get supplements and other aids. The existing research and initiatives to fortify staple foods will have to intensify and become more widespread. That's easier said than done.