carbon dioxide

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Catalytic converters turn toxic gases into water vapor and carbon dioxide, making car exhaust fumes less environmentally damaging.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

One of the most abundant organisms on Earth, algae captures carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and yields oil that theoretically could be used to make transportation fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Power suppliers have previously been required to keep the operating rate of coal-fired thermal power stations that emit large amounts of carbon dioxide at or below 50 percent.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The World Meteorological Organization says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases such as carbon dioxide.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

We are safe, well ventilated, and incubated, provided we can avoid technologies that might fiddle with that ozone, or shift the levels of carbon dioxide.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas