Atmospheric CO2 fertilization may go some way to compensating the negative impact of climatic changes on crop yields, but it comes at the expense of a deterioration of the current nutritional value of food.
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Müller, C., Elliott, J. & Levermann, A. Fertilizing hidden hunger. Nature Clim Change 4, 540–541 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2290
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