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...oceans. For the plants that form the very foundation of the food chain, though, an argument can be made that both global warming itself and the rising carbon dioxide levels that cause it are actually a good thing. CO2, after all, is essential for the photosynthesis that most plants depend on for nourishment. And as winters get milder and shorter, plants will have longer growing seasons. More food plus more time to eat it seems like a recipe for very happy vegetables...
...time to double down on them. "The one thing that was most responsible for the drop in the per capita tobacco use in the U.S. was public awareness," says Dietz. "That may be happening with obesity now." America's health - to say nothing of its waistline - may depend on that being true...