carbon
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Unwanted gas can be burned, releasing carbon dioxide, or even simply vented.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Rent increases will only be permitted "where landlords deliver genuine improvements to homes, particularly upgrades that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Farallon also invested in fossil fuel projects, including an Australian coal mine that denuded thousands of acres of koala habitat and generated an enormous amount of carbon emissions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Even if the world’s governments manage to bring down carbon emissions in the next 25 years, scientists expect the climate to become much more unstable because of the damage that’s already been done.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Judging by carbon dating and the sequence of ceramics, they believe the site was inhabited in two waves, from about 360 b.c., when terra preta formation began, to as late as 1440 a.d.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing carbon
Black and Gray
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Ecology - Matter and Energy Flow in Ecosystems- Introductory
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