{"id":3839,"date":"2023-11-06T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.net\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:04:12","slug":"climate-change-poor-countries-to-lose-30-of-key-nutrients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=3839","title":{"rendered":"Climate change: Poor countries to lose 30% of key nutrients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Climate change is not just causing higher temperatures and more extreme weather events. It is also having a significant impact on our food supply. A new study published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dzwatch.net\/category\/science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature <\/a>Climate Change finds that the nutritional value of seafood is declining in low-income countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia, found that the availability of four key nutrients in seafood &#8211; calcium, iron, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids &#8211; is expected to decrease by 30% in low-income countries by the end of the century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These nutrients are essential for human health, and their decline could have a serious impact on the health and well-being of people in these countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study found that the decline in nutrient availability is being driven by a number of factors, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Warmer temperatures:<\/strong>&nbsp;As the oceans warm, fish are moving to cooler waters, which makes them more difficult to catch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ocean acidification:<\/strong>&nbsp;Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing the oceans to become more acidic, which makes it difficult for fish to grow and reproduce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/threats\/overfishing#:~:text=Overfishing%20is%20closely%20tied%20to,of%20sea%20turtles%20and%20cetaceans.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overfishing<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Overfishing is already a major problem in many parts of the world, and it is expected to worsen as climate change makes it more difficult to catch fish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The study&#8217;s findings highlight the urgent need to take action to address climate change. If we do not act, the decline in the nutritional value of seafood will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of people in low-income countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change is not just causing higher temperatures and more extreme weather events. It is also having a significant impact on our food supply. A new study published in Nature Climate Change finds that the nutritional value of seafood is declining in low-income countries. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}