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Although scientists still disagree over whether the threat of global warming is an imminent problem, new findings by a team of Harvard researchers strongly suggest that current high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will profoundly alter the ecosystem...
...study reports that many types of plants tend to grow more quickly in a carbon dioxide-rich environment, but that these plants contain fewer nutrients than plants grown in a normal environment. Consequently, these nutrient deficient plants take longer to decompose, which in turn leaves fewer nutrients available in the ground for new plants in the spring...
...attempt to determine the effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on the ecosystem, Bazzaz and Fajer also examined the reactions of various insect populations to such nutrient deficient plants...
...carbon dioxide increase will affect our children and our grandchildren," he said. "We need to do something about...
Fajer suggested that society should quickly act to alleviate the alarming rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere...