SynthesisNature2014
Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition.
Synthesis in Nature, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 308 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
308 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,389 citations in OpenAlex.
- Conserved mechanisms of plant lipidome remodeling under heat and cold stresses revealed through a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Pooled it
- Long-term trends in grain yield and main nutrient contents of three staple cereal crops in China (1980-2024).Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Safeguarding diet quality in a changing climate: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- COGlobal change biology · 2025Pooled it
- Elevated COFrontiers in plant science · 2025Pooled it
- Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increase gaps of rice yields between low- and middle-to-high-income countries.Nature food · 2024Pooled it
- Climate Change and Coffee Quality: Systematic Review on the Effects of Environmental and Management Variation on Secondary Metabolites and Sensory Attributes ofFrontiers in plant science · 2021Pooled it
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- Associations between dietary patterns and adequate intake of climate-sensitive micronutrients among young children living in Siaya County, Kenya: Findings from the ALIMUS study baseline data.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Trial
- Interface of Climate and Environmental Change on Food Systems-A Report from the "Agriculture and Diet: Value Added for Nutrition, Translation, and Adaptation in a Global Ecology" (ADVANTAGE) Project Working Group 3.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- COPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From Laboratory Accuracy to Industrial Deployment: A Review of Hyperspectral Imaging for Cereal Grain Quality and Safety Assessment.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Unraveling the protective role of sulfide signaling in plants against climate-induced abiotic stress.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- Adverse outcome pathways of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and marine heatwaves on byssal performance in mussels.Eco-Environment & Health · 2026Article
- Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Long-Distance Trafficking of Mineral Elements From Soil-to-Seed Under Climate Change Impacts Crop Nutritional Quality.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Review
- From the Cosmos to the Cell: The Central Role of Iron in the Chemistry and Evolution of Life.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- The Climate-Health Divide: How Climate Change Will Rewire Health Care Across High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Settings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Climate Change Threatens Micronutrient Density of European Winter Wheat.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Microbial innovations for climate-resilient agriculture: mechanisms, applications, and emerging technologies.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
248 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
20 authors at 12 institutions in 4 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Dietary deficiencies of zinc and iron are a substantial global public health problem. An estimated two billion people suffer these deficiencies, causing a loss of 63 million life-years annually. Most of these people depend on C3 grains and legumes as their primary dietary source of zinc and iron. Here we report that C3 grains and legumes have lower concentrations of zinc and iron when grown under field conditions at the elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration predicted for the middle of this century. C3 crops other than legumes also have lower concentrations of protein, whereas C4 crops seem to be less affected. Differences between cultivars of a single crop suggest that breeding for decreased sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 concentration could partly address these new challenges to global health.
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