carbon dioxide

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By 2050, the World Resources Institute estimates, cooling could emit 6.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year, close to one-fifth of all emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

But Africa, which experiences long periods of heat, is the least-polluting continent on the plane, with less than four percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

For decades, oil companies had extracted carbon dioxide from the Earth and pumped it back underground to force more oil out under pressure, a process called enhanced oil recovery.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

Yeasts first convert sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

How much oxygen does a person’s respiratory system exchange for carbon dioxide every hour?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr