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Together, more heat and more carbon dioxide may not alter quantity or nutritional quality of crops

  • Written by Carl Bernacchi, Associate Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) research facility at the University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignClaire Benjamin/RIPE Project, CC BY-ND

Researchers around the world are trying to figure out ways to feed a growing population, which is estimated to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. But as humanity struggles to increase crop...

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