carbon dioxide

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These materials settle on the ocean floor, locking carbon away for hundreds of millions of years and slowly reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

From Science Daily

Greensand plans to increase its carbon dioxide injection capacity to up to eight million tonnes per year by 2030.

From Barron's

Carmakers will be expected to compensate for the extra emissions created by these vehicles by using biofuels and so-called e-fuels, which are synthesised from captured carbon dioxide.

From BBC

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is influenced by the slow exchange of carbon among Earth's interior, the oceans, and the air over many millions of years.

From Science Daily

Making hydrogen with natural gas can also be low-carbon, if the carbon dioxide produced is captured and stored, as Exxon was prepared to do.

From Barron's