carbon dioxide
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Other studies have also identified ocean acidification, caused by carbon dioxide making seawater more acidic, as another stressor because it makes shell formation more difficult.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
By 2050, the World Resources Institute estimates, cooling could emit 6.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year, close to one-fifth of all emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
But Africa, which experiences long periods of heat, is the least-polluting continent on the plane, with less than four percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
For decades, oil companies had extracted carbon dioxide from the Earth and pumped it back underground to force more oil out under pressure, a process called enhanced oil recovery.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Mars has an atmosphere, but a very thin one, and it is composed mostly of carbon dioxide, so astronauts would have to bring their own oxygen to breathe.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
