Increased carbon dioxide in the air provides easy carbon for plants—but it comes without all the essential minerals and nutrients that are typically absorbed from the soil.
These nutrients are not critical for plant growth, but are essential to the diets of humans and animals.
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Climate change is hitting farmers hard, but it’s also making their harvest less nutritious, too.
According to reporting from Sarah Kaplan at the Washington Post, carbon dioxide pollution is causing crops to lose nutrients. “Everything from really essential staples, like rice and wheat and soybean...
