This is Part 1 of a three-part series on Food and Farming.
1. Increased CO2 and Food Quality
2. Farm Animals and Methane
3. “Food Mile” Complexities
The author of today’s post, Lisa Moore, Ph.D., is a scientist in the Climate and Air program.
When people talk about the harmful effects of fossil fuels, they usually focus on global warming. But as I explained in my post about nitrogen pollution, and Bill discussed in his post about ocean acidification, fossil fuel use has other unintended consequences.
Here is yet another example: increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) can affect the food chain. There’s a lot to be concerned about, but today I’ll focus on livestock.