carbon

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The 2009 endangerment finding was the result of a major report by the EPA, which identified six greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and methane, as endangering current and future generations.

From BBC

"They're kind of the wicked stepmother of flowers... with the biggest carbon footprint, instead, look to try and buy some beautiful British flowers," she said.

From BBC

Glycine is a small two carbon molecule that plays a foundational role in biology.

From Science Daily

She says carbon emissions, including from transport, are heating the atmosphere, contributing to "rapidly rising temperatures and fuelling extreme events like floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts".

From BBC

The agency decided that six key planet-warming greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, were a danger to human health.

From BBC