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carbon

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


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The country has set an ambitious target of doubling its clean energy supply by 2035, and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2060.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

At United Nations climate conferences in Copenhagen in 2009 and Paris in 2015, Beijing vowed sizeable reductions in the amount of carbon China emits per dollar of gross domestic product, or carbon intensity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The findings provide new insight into the connections between marine animals, their microbiomes, and the global processes that help regulate ocean chemistry and carbon storage.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

The pollution limit — or cap — declines each year, reducing the total amount of emissions in the state and helping California reach its ambitious climate targets, including 100% carbon neutrality by 2045.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Her internal heat, the heat of anger, was cooking that accumulated carbon dioxide.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg




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