carbon dioxide
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Perhaps the best-known examples of fermentation are in baking and brewing, where yeast breaks down sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Not only do they store up to five times more carbon dioxide than land-based forests, but their tangled roots can also slow down waves and protect coastal communities from storm surges and tsunamis.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
When used as a fuel, it produces only water and heat rather than carbon dioxide and other pollutants associated with fossil fuels.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Alternatives made from used cooking oil, cover crops and even captured carbon dioxide would have eased pressures on the beleaguered industry—if only there had been enough to go round.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Berkner suggests that there may have been cycles of oxygen production and carbon dioxide consumption, depending on relative abundances of plant and animal life, with the ice ages representing periods of apnea.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
