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Given that HN has had articles on the decline of the insect population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by shealutton2 7y ago
Given that HN has had articles on the decline of the insect population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations) and the decline in bird populations (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/science/bird-populations-america-canada.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/science/bird-populations-...), I am surprised that food supply is not listed as one of the causes of body changed.
- neo4sure 7y agohere you go https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-global-warming-make-food-less-nutritious/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-global-warmi...
- chrisco255 7y agoMacronutrients shift by minor amounts (single digit percentages), but there is more overall food. CO2 causes a more efficient use of water in photosynthesis and improves overall crop yields. The last time CO2 was in the thousands of PPM, the ancestors of birds...AKA dinosaurs...thrived and grew to enormous sizes.
- inetknght 7y agoBut I don't think dinosaurs were plagued by microplastics and poisons industrially designed to kill them instead of their food supply.