Carbon
noun
A chemical element that is essential for all life, commonly found in coal, oil, and gas.
Carbon is a very important element and is found in every living organism.
Often appears as...
- carbon dioxide
- carbon footprint
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Technical
noun
A piece of carbon paper or a copy made with carbon paper.
She made a carbon of the letter and kept it for her records.
Often appears as...
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
noun
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization, or activity.
Your carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of your activities.
Often appears as...
- reduce carbon footprint
- calculate carbon footprint
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Technical
noun
A type of carbon used for fuel.
We use carbon to heat our home in the winter.
Often appears as...
- carbon emissions
- carbon residue
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Technical
noun
A chemical element that is essential for all life, commonly found in coal, oil, and gas.
Carbon is a very important element and is found in every living organism.
Often appears as...
- carbon dioxide
- carbon footprint
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of carbon paper or a copy made with carbon paper.
She made a carbon of the letter and kept it for her records.
Often appears as...
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
noun
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization, or activity.
Your carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of your activities.
Often appears as...
- reduce carbon footprint
- calculate carbon footprint
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of carbon used for fuel.
We use carbon to heat our home in the winter.
Often appears as...
- carbon emissions
- carbon residue
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Essential for Life
Emphasize carbon's role in the biological makeup of living organisms.
Humans are carbon-based life forms.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Compounds
Note that carbon combines with other elements to form common substances like CO2.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
Pro Tip 1/2Essential for Life
Emphasize carbon's role in the biological makeup of living organisms.
Humans are carbon-based life forms.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Compounds
Note that carbon combines with other elements to form common substances like CO2.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
Pro Tip 1/2Essential for Life
Emphasize carbon's role in the biological makeup of living organisms.
Humans are carbon-based life forms.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Compounds
Note that carbon combines with other elements to form common substances like CO2.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
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Are China and the US...
by whichever measure -- PPP, market exchange rates -- the largest economy in the world over the course of the decade ahead. They're already the largest trading nation, already the largest exporting nation, already the largest manufacturing nation, and they're also the biggest emitters of carbon in the world.
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How does fracking work?...
that might be happening deep beneath our feet. Fracking's biggest controversy, though, is happening above the ground. The general consensus is that burning natural gas is better for the environment than burning coal since the gas collected from fracking emits only half the carbon dioxide as coal
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Why doesn’t anything...
spiraling around the chain, and the bond between carbon and fluorine is incredibly tight. Like a couple that ignores everyone except each other, carbon and fluorine interact so strongly that the normal, intermolecular forces that help substances stick to each other don't stand a chance.
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Nature's smallest...
that repeatedly reuse and rebuild ingredients crafting as much as possible out of the planet's available resources. Such as that sugar, built using raw sunlight and carbon converted in plant factories to become the energy that powers you and keeps the cycles revolving in your own life.
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What is fat? - George...
and, most importantly, how good or how bad it is for you. Let's take a look at some of these differences. One is length. Fatty acids can be short or long. Another, more important difference is the type of bond between the carbon atoms. Some fatty acids have only single bonds.
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The law of conservation...
in the three minutes that followed the birth of our universe. Eventually, clusters of atoms accumulated and formed stars. Within these stars, nuclear reactions fused light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, to form heavier elements, such as carbon and oxygen.
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Economics of climate...
question to you though I think a lot of people don't think there's a lot of logic to what you just said but you're an economist if carbon is a long term cost to the world what we don't I a lot
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Where did Earth’s water...
like beryllium, carbon and oxygen in a process known as nucleosynthesis. When stars eventually collapsed and exploded into supernovas, these new elements were spread across the universe
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What’s in the Trunk?...
and storing it in this enormous trunk this highlights the importance of the seasonal forest its trees are vital allies in the fight to control carbon in the atmosphere
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UK National Parks in 100...
blink six seconds and six percent of our walk is through crops peat bugs are large stores of water and carbon and are home to special wetland wildlife
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Are China and the US...
by whichever measure -- PPP, market exchange rates -- the largest economy in the world over the course of the decade ahead. They're already the largest trading nation, already the largest exporting nation, already the largest manufacturing nation, and they're also the biggest emitters of carbon in the world.
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
that might be happening deep beneath our feet. Fracking's biggest controversy, though, is happening above the ground. The general consensus is that burning natural gas is better for the environment than burning coal since the gas collected from fracking emits only half the carbon dioxide as coal
Video examples
Why doesn’t anything...
spiraling around the chain, and the bond between carbon and fluorine is incredibly tight. Like a couple that ignores everyone except each other, carbon and fluorine interact so strongly that the normal, intermolecular forces that help substances stick to each other don't stand a chance.
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Nature's smallest...
that repeatedly reuse and rebuild ingredients crafting as much as possible out of the planet's available resources. Such as that sugar, built using raw sunlight and carbon converted in plant factories to become the energy that powers you and keeps the cycles revolving in your own life.
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What is fat? - George...
and, most importantly, how good or how bad it is for you. Let's take a look at some of these differences. One is length. Fatty acids can be short or long. Another, more important difference is the type of bond between the carbon atoms. Some fatty acids have only single bonds.
Video examples
The law of conservation...
in the three minutes that followed the birth of our universe. Eventually, clusters of atoms accumulated and formed stars. Within these stars, nuclear reactions fused light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, to form heavier elements, such as carbon and oxygen.
Video examples
Economics of climate...
question to you though I think a lot of people don't think there's a lot of logic to what you just said but you're an economist if carbon is a long term cost to the world what we don't I a lot
Video examples
Where did Earth’s water...
like beryllium, carbon and oxygen in a process known as nucleosynthesis. When stars eventually collapsed and exploded into supernovas, these new elements were spread across the universe
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What’s in the Trunk?...
and storing it in this enormous trunk this highlights the importance of the seasonal forest its trees are vital allies in the fight to control carbon in the atmosphere
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UK National Parks in 100...
blink six seconds and six percent of our walk is through crops peat bugs are large stores of water and carbon and are home to special wetland wildlife
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Caroline Lucas
British Politician
In a fair society, the solution to unemployment is not to force people into workfare programmes which do little more than supply big companies with free labour. It's to create jobs that pay a living wage, for example, by investing in new sustainable infrastructure projects and boosting the jobs-rich low carbon economy.
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Ned Lamont
American Politician
We have to reenergize our economy so it works for all Americans; invest in our schools so that all our children have the tools they need to compete and succeed in life; rebuild and enhance our infrastructure; and we must reduce carbon pollution and reverse climate change.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.
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Sharice Davids
American Politician
I agree with the overwhelming majority of scientists who recognize that climate change is real, and it's essential that our country honors its commitment to work with the rest of the world to cut carbon pollution and address this crisis together.
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Keala Settle
American Actress
As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people.
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing and that helps push a political movement.
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Jacob Bronowski
English Scientist
You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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James Jeans
English Physicist
Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Going meatless reduces our carbon footprint and helps us lead the way towards climate change.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
The worst blows to humanity from carbon pollution may come at us from the oceans.
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Caroline Lucas
British Politician
In a fair society, the solution to unemployment is not to force people into workfare programmes which do little more than supply big companies with free labour. It's to create jobs that pay a living wage, for example, by investing in new sustainable infrastructure projects and boosting the jobs-rich low carbon economy.
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Ned Lamont
American Politician
We have to reenergize our economy so it works for all Americans; invest in our schools so that all our children have the tools they need to compete and succeed in life; rebuild and enhance our infrastructure; and we must reduce carbon pollution and reverse climate change.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.
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Sharice Davids
American Politician
I agree with the overwhelming majority of scientists who recognize that climate change is real, and it's essential that our country honors its commitment to work with the rest of the world to cut carbon pollution and address this crisis together.
Quote examples
Keala Settle
American Actress
As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people.
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing and that helps push a political movement.
Quote examples
Jacob Bronowski
English Scientist
You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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James Jeans
English Physicist
Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Going meatless reduces our carbon footprint and helps us lead the way towards climate change.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
The worst blows to humanity from carbon pollution may come at us from the oceans.
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