Climate change: More CO2 in atmosphere produces low-quality wheat, rice

Roughly 60% of the protein content in the average Indian diet comes from cereals

Successive generations of Indians have quibbled about the sliding quality of dana-pani (food-drink) and hawa-pani (air-water). Now, US-based scientists have proven that more carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere is indeed sapping the nutrient content of staple foods, leaving people less healthy. And they expect this situation to worsen.

India’s atmospheric CO₂ level was recorded at 399 parts per million (ppm) in 2015, 14% higher than