Word: carbonization
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...natural to think that the greening of the peninsula might signal the much-debated advent of global warming, caused by the accumulation in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other gases released by the burning of fossil fuels. As long ago as 1978 a paper in the journal Nature urged scientists to look to Antarctica for early indications of the so-called greenhouse effect--among them the breakup of ice shelves off the Antarctic Peninsula...
...allowed to take 15-minute breaks every four hours. So I crank up the Home Theater, just to blow the carbon out of its cylinders, and zip down the main street of the Metaverse to a club that specializes in my kind of tunes. I'm still ``wearing'' my Raster uniform, but I don't care -- I'm just one of thousands of Rasters running up and down the street on their breaks...
Alas, the language barrier. Stewardesses ineffectually shouted "No smoking" at various volumes. Helpful passengers translated, "Ne fumez pas," but were unwilling to translate the Kings' frank responses. Just as we all seemed in peril of perishing of carbon monoxide poisoning, the flight crew wisely decided to show the in-flight movie, Forrest Gump...
...what might otherwise have been a pinnacle of her life. According to her father, ``she called her mother and said, `I'm the one who should be going to the Super Bowl, not his girlfriend.' '' Not long afterward she went to the garage, started the car and died from carbon-monoxide poisoning...
...example, Murray says electric power plants in China have multiple negative effects on the surrounding community, including problems with acid rain, dust and carbon dioxide emission...