<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4bed5c3a-3c24-4c0a-ae04-9f675c82c73a/B61CA08F-4C63-45A9-A73E-3A944638FA28/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/44CBD24C-666E-47C7-ABE7-1F013BE29A1F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html"><DIV>The G8 summit may have agreed to try to <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14280" linkindex="3">cut greenhouse gas emissions</A> - but don't count on that saving your favourite crusty French bread.</DIV><BR /><DIV>German researchers have shown that high CO<SUB>2</SUB> levels in the atmosphere lead to wheat crops throughout Europe with less gluten, the protein in flour that forms the gooey matrix of dough.</DIV><BR /><DIV>By 2050, the researchers say, the expected CO<SUB>2 </SUB>levels in the atmosphere may lead to dough that rises nearly 20% less than it does now. The researchers, from the <A href="http://www.vti.bund.de/en/" linkindex="4">Johann Heinrich von Thunen Institute</A> in Braunschweig , say that CO<SUB>2 </SUB>disrupts nitrogen uptake by the plants, and this causes the protein deficiency.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html"><DIV>A world with less gluten may appeal to <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease" linkindex="5">coeliac</A> sufferers and other members of the wheatless protection program. But for fans of ciabatta and pain de campagne, bread with texture like sponge cake is a heart-breaking prospect.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html">The effect will likely take hold globally</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2008/07/why-global-warming-is-bad-for-bread.html">possibly affecting a broad variety of grains and other food staples</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B61CA08F-4C63-45A9-A73E-3A944638FA28/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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