carbon
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Methane, the second biggest contributor to climate change, stays in the atmosphere for far less time than carbon dioxide, but its warming effect is roughly 80 times more potent over a 20-year period.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
In the early 2020s, Microsoft committed to buying 75 million tons of carbon removal—somewhere between 70 and 90 percent of the entire carbon removal market.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
As it sinks, it pulls heat, carbon and nutrients downward, helping drive a global system of currents sometimes described as a conveyor belt.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
A Welsh Conservative spokesperson said they were "committed to reducing Wales' carbon emissions and adapting to climate change".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
It was based on the realization that all living things have within them an isotope of carbon called carbon-14, which begins to decay at a measurable rate the instant they die.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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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