
Will Rising Temperatures Make Rice Too Toxic?
Author(s) -
Nikk Ogasa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo152353
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , arsenic , greenhouse , natural resource economics , environmental science , business , greenhouse gas , rice plant , agricultural economics , agricultural engineering , political science , agronomy , economics , chemistry , biology , engineering , ecology , physics , organic chemistry , optics
Greenhouse experiments reveal how higher temperatures act to elevate arsenic levels in rice and may help focus efforts to solve a crisis threatening food systems around the world.