Blood on the Windshield: A New Climate Risk Revealed Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, and while temperature increases and extreme weather events dominate climate discussions, new research reveals an insidious consequence of climate change: changes in human blood chemistry that may be irreversible.
The Kids Research Institute Australia has analyzed over two decades' worth of U. S. health data, finding a 7% increase in blood bicarbonate levels since 1999, while calcium and phosphorus have declined.
These changes closely track the upward trend in atmospheric CO2, suggesting that our bodies are indeed responding to climate change.