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

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

"The star has so little carbon that it suggests an early sprinkling of cosmic dust is responsible for making it," said Ji.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“Well, not technically allergic, but they give me digestive issues that, um...You know like when tiny amounts of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane combine with hydrogen sulfide and ammonia in the large intestine?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas