carbon dioxide

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But, beyond this well-trodden battlefield, something amazing has happened: Carbon-dioxide emissions in the United States have dropped to their lowest level in 20 years.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2012

Carbon-dioxide snow may be employed in the same manner, but the results are inferior to those obtained by radium.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Carbon-dioxide is also very efficient in this direction.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

Carbon-dioxide, because of its greater specific gravity, would also be in relatively greater amount so far as this cause is considered.

From Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation by Wallace, Alfred Russel