by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere could result in reduced phosphorus<\/strong> in paddy fields threatening the security of food supplies in the future. This is the hypothesis advanced by a study<\/a> by a group of researchers from Australia, Spain, Canada, the United States, France and China published in the journal Nature Geoscience.<\/p>\n \u201cOur research suggests that a reduction in rice yields<\/strong> could be particularly acute in low-income countries under future CO2 scenarios without the input of additional phosphorus fertilizers to compensate, despite the potentially reduced global risk for phosphorus pollution,\u201d said<\/a> Dengjun (Kevin) Wang<\/strong>, an assistant professor of aquatic chemistry in the Auburn University College of Agriculture\u2019s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences.<\/p>\n