carbon
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Beneath the trees, roots and microscopic organisms steadily release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as they break down organic material and fuel plant growth.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Lower carbon dioxide emissions from soil in these areas often reflect declining root activity and shrinking microbial populations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
"So this will be one of the first zero carbon world land speed records ever set."
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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
For all that, when he fed a sheet of paper into the typewriter he did not forget the carbon.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing carbon
Black and Gray
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Ecology - Matter and Energy Flow in Ecosystems- Introductory
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