More CO2 equals Crappier Food

[calamity]

Goldenrod wasn't part of the two papers attached to the OP, at least with a 30% loss. I don't know how much work was done with it, but I found in a quick search one study that gives your 30%, and it was in pollen.

The newer samples look much like the older generations. But scientists testing the pollen content from goldenrod collected between 1842 and 2014, when atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide rose from about 280 parts per million to 398 ppm, found the most recent pollen samples contained 30 percent less protein. The greatest drop in protein occurred from 1960 to 2014, when the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose dramatically. A field experiment in the same study that exposed goldenrod to CO2 levels ranging from 280 to 500 ppm showed similar protein decreases.
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How Rising CO2 Levels May Contribute to Die-Off of Bees

So I'm curious. Where are you referencing the 30% loss from?

It's pretty straight forward.

They found that the protein content of goldenrod pollen has declined by a third since the industrial revolution—and the change closely tracks with the rise in CO2.

 

[Lord of Planar]

It's pretty straight forward.

Do you eat pollen?

 

[calamity]

Do you eat pollen?

Bees do. And, I eat many of the fruits they pollinate...but not goldenrod. In fact, like most weeds, I never heard of it before.

 

[jdog]

Interesting paradox. Yes more CO2 makes plants grow faster. But guess what? The plants turn into Junk Food. Too much sugar, not enough nutrients.

The great nutrient collapse



lol...I see more fat, stupid people on the horizon.

So let's levy a huge carbon tax on them and then they can be poor too!