The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the Grand Prix at the Miami International Autodrome.
A new meta-analysis found nutrients in food decreased over the last 40 years, reports the Washington Post. "Many of humanity's most important crops — including wheat, potatoes, beans — contain fewer vitamins and minerals than they did a generation ago."
"The invisible culprit behind this damaging phenomenon? Carbon dioxide pollution."
Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, have produced potent changes in the way plants grow — from increasing their sugar content to depleting essential nutrients like zinc... "The diets we eat today have less nutritional density than what our grandparents ate, even if we eat exactly the same thing," said Kristie Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington's Center for Health and the Global Environment.
People in wealthy countries with strong health care systems will have many tools to cope with the change, experts said. But for the world's poorest and most vulnerable, the consequences could be devastating. One study concluded that by the middle of the century the phenomenon could put more than a billion additional women and children at risk of iron-deficiency anemia — a condition that can cause pregnancy complications, developmental problems and even death. Meanwhile, some 2 billion people across the globe who already suffer from some form of nutrient shortage could see their health problems grow even worse. "The scale of the problem is huge," Ebi said.
Plants depend on carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis — but that doesn't mean they grow better when there's more carbon in the air, scientists say. A sweeping survey of changes among 32 compounds in 43 crops found that nearly every plant that humans eat is harmed by rising CO2 levels... On average, they found, nutrients have already decreased by an average 3.2 percent across all plants since the late 1980s, when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was about 350 parts per million.
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"The invisible culprit behind this damaging phenomenon? Carbon dioxide pollution."
Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, have produced potent changes in the way plants grow — from increasing their sugar content to depleting essential nutrients like zinc... "The diets we eat today have less nutritional density than what our grandparents ate, even if we eat exactly the same thing," said Kristie Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington's Center for Health and the Global Environment.
People in wealthy countries with strong health care systems will have many tools to cope with the change, experts said. But for the world's poorest and most vulnerable, the consequences could be devastating. One study concluded that by the middle of the century the phenomenon could put more than a billion additional women and children at risk of iron-deficiency anemia — a condition that can cause pregnancy complications, developmental problems and even death. Meanwhile, some 2 billion people across the globe who already suffer from some form of nutrient shortage could see their health problems grow even worse. "The scale of the problem is huge," Ebi said.
Plants depend on carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis — but that doesn't mean they grow better when there's more carbon in the air, scientists say. A sweeping survey of changes among 32 compounds in 43 crops found that nearly every plant that humans eat is harmed by rising CO2 levels... On average, they found, nutrients have already decreased by an average 3.2 percent across all plants since the late 1980s, when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was about 350 parts per million.
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader GameboyRMH for sharing the news.
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Sequel a rare example of female-skewing movie leading the North American summer offerings – and highest opening weekend yet for a Meryl Streep film
Gird your loins: The Devil Wears Prada 2 has had a huge opening weekend at the box office, making $233m (£171m, A$323m) worldwide from an overwhelmingly female audience.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 earned $77m at the North American box office, and $156.6m internationally. In the US and Canada, the sequel bumped Michael to second place, though the musical biopic held on in its second weekend to earn $54m, falling only 44%.
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WASHINGTON (ANP) - De troepen van het Amerikaanse Centrale Commando (CENTCOM) zullen vanaf maandag steun verlenen aan Project Freedom om de vrijheid van scheepvaart voor de commerciële scheepvaart door de Straat van Hormuz te herstellen. Dat schrijft het CENTCOM op X.
"De missie, in opdracht van de president, zal koopvaardijschepen ondersteunen die vrij door deze essentiële internationale handelsroute willen varen. Een kwart van de wereldwijde oliehandel over zee en aanzienlijke hoeveelheden brandstof en meststoffen worden via de straat vervoerd", aldus CENTCOM.
"Onze steun voor deze defensieve missie is essentieel voor de regionale veiligheid en de wereldeconomie, aangezien we ook de zeeblokkade handhaven", aldus admiraal Brad Cooper, commandant van CENTCOM.
De militaire steun van de VS aan Project Freedom omvat geleide-raketvernietigers, meer dan honderd vliegtuigen op land en zee, onbemande platforms en 15.000 militairen, zo staat in het bericht op X.
ROTTERDAM (ANP) - De politie heeft rond 23.45 uur zondagavond aan de Pleinweg in Rotterdam een zwaargewonde man aangetroffen. De man zat in een auto en is mogelijk het slachtoffer geworden van een steekincident dat plaatsvond in de Tarwewijk, maar waar precies is onduidelijk.
Het slachtoffer is naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. De politie doet onderzoek naar de toedracht van het incident en zoekt uit waar het incident heeft plaatsgevonden. Er zijn geen aanhoudingen verricht.