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carbon

[kahr-buhn] / ˈkɑr bən /
NOUN
element
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STRONG


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Rent increases will only be permitted "where landlords deliver genuine improvements to homes, particularly upgrades that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

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

In 2021, it was expanded to simulate dissolved organic carbon, and in 2024 it was applied across 22.45 million square kilometers of Arctic land.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

From his church Helmuth helps himself to carbon paper and typing paper—bright red paper, rarely used, so it won't be missed.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti