carbon

Example Sentences

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Even if the world’s governments manage to bring down carbon emissions in the next 25 years, scientists expect the climate to become much more unstable because of the damage that’s already been done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Farallon also invested in fossil fuel projects, including an Australian coal mine that denuded thousands of acres of koala habitat and generated an enormous amount of carbon emissions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Led by geoscientist Michael Rawlins at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the research provides detailed insight into how warming temperatures are reshaping water systems and releasing long-frozen carbon.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Orrantia and Do led the team examining its carbon content, which turned out to be so low that it could not be detected.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

He held the poop sheet on Roy Baty toward her; Rachael set down the paper bag and accepted the carbon sheet.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick