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Urgent: Climate Change Impacts Plant Nutrition, Threatening Grazers

Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that […]