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carbon dioxide

noun as in colorless odorless gas

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The tower is bristling with high-tech instruments - sensors that track almost everything happening between the forest and the atmosphere: water vapor, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.

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Methane has a global warming potential about 80 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

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This damaged one of the earth's great protections against climate change - trees that soak up planet-warming carbon dioxide.

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By following how quickly these isotopes left the body through urine, the scientists were able to determine how much carbon dioxide the athletes exhaled and, in turn, estimate total calorie expenditure.

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The world's burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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