Synonym: CO2, carbonic acid gas. Similar words: carbon, carbon cycle, carbohydrate, taxidermy, harbour, bourbon, harbor, yearbook. Meaning: n. a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.
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61. The best way to get that carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is to warm the entire planet.
62. In energy terms, the goal of the autonomous house is to eliminate fossil-fuel use and the associated carbon dioxide emissions.
63. Breathing air is cleansed of deadly carbon dioxide in a three-step process.
64. Carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming - the Greenhouse Effect.
65. Oxygen is absorbed into the water by surface movement, where a gaseous exchange takes place releasing carbon dioxide and absorbing oxygen.
66. At that point, however, the still increasing emissions of carbon dioxide will begin the upward spiral once more.
67. Trees consume carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power stations and other sources.
68. Carbon Dioxide An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide is responsible for about half the total warming.
69. The very same process, operating on water instead of carbon dioxide, makes oxygen and hydrogen gas.
70. Crop yields will improve dramatically as vegetation thrives on an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide.
71. Life generates methane, ammonia, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and many other gases.
72. Additionally, carbon dioxide is produced as a result of continued metabolism.
73. Molecules of carbon dioxide in the solid phase are packed more closely than in the liquid phase.
74. As levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane increase, the greenhouse effect will trap increasing amounts of heat.
75. Rainforests absorb carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen essential for all life, including our own.
76. That harmlessly releases 600 litres of carbon dioxide into the air every second.
77. They were keen to combat acid rain, freeze carbon dioxide emissions and improve public transport.
78. Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide.
79. Its composition obviates the need for sulphur-removing equipment in power stations, which produce additional carbon dioxide.
80. One way of absorbing the extra carbon dioxide would be to plant more trees.
81. Implementing the directive across the 12 member states would save an estimated 26 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
82. The high-temperature electrolysis scheme that we explored in connection with a lunar base can separate carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon monoxide.
83. Gas is environmentally helpful in achieving the Government's target of stabilising carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2005.
84. Estimating the future rate of energy growth is of critical importance for predicting future concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
85. This surface reaction of oxygen and carbon releases carbon monoxide which migrates outward and upon encountering oxygen burns to carbon dioxide.
86. When we breathe we take oxygen into the body and expel the waste gas, carbon dioxide(Sentencedict), or CO2.
87. Carbon dioxide is added to the water by the respiration of fish, plants, and other living organisms.
88. Simply using energy and fuel efficiently could stop us releasing much of the carbon dioxide we currently emit.
89. The failure of the Martian greenhouse effect is obviously not due to any shortage of carbon dioxide!
90. The changing world climate is probably due to a build-up of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide.
More similar words: carbon, carbon cycle, carbohydrate, taxidermy, harbour, bourbon, harbor, yearbook, pearl harbor, bond, bonds, bona fide, compendious, cardiovascular, recondite, condiment, on display, condition, conditions, conditional, undivided, unconditionally, correspondingly, corresponding to, air conditioning, preponderance of evidence, card-carrying, toxic, side by side, noxious.