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carbon

[kahr-buhn] / ˈkɑr bən /
NOUN
element
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STRONG


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The upstream unit will cover fossil-fuel exploration and production, and will house BP’s upstream joint ventures, as well as its renewable natural gas and carbon capture and storage business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But expanding the tournament to such an extent does not, with aviation accounting for 80-90% of its carbon footprint.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

FuelCell said Monday that its first two carbon capture modules were on their way to the Netherlands.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Researchers led by the University of Exeter, working with partners in Colombia and the United States, created a new computer model to examine how sea-level rise could affect carbon storage across entire mangrove forests.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

An overwhelming richness of vegetation may have caused the level of oxygen to rise above today’s concentration, with a corresponding depletion of carbon dioxide.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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