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Climate change is reducing plant nutritional value and may already be harming herbivores

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than a third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, rely on plant-based diets. Because plants are a low-calorie food source, it can be difficult for animals to expend enough energy to meet their needs. Currently, climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some of the foods that plant-eaters rely…