carbon dioxide
noun
: a heavy colorless gas CO2 that does not support combustion, dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, is formed especially in animal respiration and in the decay or combustion of animal and vegetable matter, is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis, and is used in the carbonation of beverages
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Green steel is a crude steel product that emits less carbon dioxide than traditional steelmaking.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
This month, a new kind of space telescope is setting out on a two-year mission to create four complete maps of the entire celestial sky that will catalog the origins of the universe and seek out the ingredients of life − chiefly water and carbon dioxide molecules − in distant interstellar clouds.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Heavy-duty transportation in California is estimated to emit as much carbon dioxide, the main cause of climate change, annually as New Zealand.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Payless Power assumed that teams traveling more than 250 miles were flying rather than traveling by bus, with flights producing 0.024 metric tons of carbon dioxide per mile.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
This month, a new kind of space telescope is setting out on a two-year mission to create four complete maps of the entire celestial sky that will catalog the origins of the universe and seek out the ingredients of life − chiefly water and carbon dioxide molecules − in distant interstellar clouds.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Heavy-duty transportation in California is estimated to emit as much carbon dioxide, the main cause of climate change, annually as New Zealand.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Payless Power assumed that teams traveling more than 250 miles were flying rather than traveling by bus, with flights producing 0.024 metric tons of carbon dioxide per mile.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Carbon dioxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbon%20dioxide. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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