carbon dioxide
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They explored several possible environmental consequences, including sunlight being blocked by dust and ash and rising carbon dioxide levels associated with volcanic eruptions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The British company, Rivan Industries, is working on a system to split hydrogen from water and capture carbon dioxide directly from the air, before combining them to make methane, a cleaner substitute for natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
For decades, much of the research into ice age climate changes has concentrated on the Southern Ocean because of its important role in controlling atmospheric carbon dioxide.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Over its first 20 years in the atmosphere, methane traps heat from solar radiation about 80 times as effectively as carbon dioxide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane in my gut churned.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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