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emission

[ih-mish-uhn] / ɪˈmɪʃ ən /


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Instead, the strongest emission appears along the route traveled by the jet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Oxygen ions produce bright emission lines when illuminated by massive stars, which makes them comparatively easy to detect.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Yet even if the entire world managed dramatic emission cuts, the fire would still burn 5.5% more intensely in 2050.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

SpaceXAI, which did not respond to a request for comment, said in a statement that it is working to make sure that its mobile turbines are "equipped with advanced emission control technologies."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

At this distance it would still be very difficult to detect the steady emission of a black hole, even if it was ten thousand megawatts.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

The Clean Air Act gives states limited authority to regulate emissions within their borders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The air board started working with Carbon Mapper last spring to pinpoint methane emissions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As part of the agreement, Alberta has agreed to develop the world's largest carbon capture programme in a bid to reduce its overall emissions.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Heatwaves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one third of the world's population to extremely high levels of ozone pollution, a European Union report said on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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