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CO2

NOUN
carbon dioxide
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Never mind that these aren’t real cars and contribute almost nothing to pollution or CO2 emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

They suggest that colder water originating in the North Atlantic could eventually influence circulation around Antarctica, helping remove CO2 from the atmosphere and contributing to the global cooling associated with past ice ages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

One of the main forces behind Earth's past ice ages was a reduction in atmospheric CO2 as more carbon became stored in the oceans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cooling the far northern regions alone produced 74% as much CO2 drawdown as a separate simulation in which the entire planet was cooled.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

I watched the warm CO2 ripple the paper in my hand and, yeah, I was pretty sure I knew how things would end up.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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