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Rising carbon levels threaten diets of hundreds of millions of poor

New York, USThomson Reuters Foundation Rising carbon emissions could make vital food crops from wheat to rice less nutritious and endanger the health of hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest, scientists said on Monday. Certain staple crops grown in open fields with elevated carbon dioxide levels had up to 17 per cent lower levels […]