Fossil fuel combustion is driving CO2 indoors toward levels harmful to human cognition, according to US researchers. Inhaling too much CO2 is known to reduce our basic decision-making abilities and complex strategic thinking, and we could hit those levels by the end of the century, they warn. The best way to prevent this hidden consequence of climate change is to reduce fossil fuel emissions, they conclude.
Continued carbon dioxide emissions will impair human cognition
As the 21st century progresses, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations may significantly reduce our basic decision-making ability and complex strategic thinking, according to new study published in GeoHealth.
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