Word: carbonization
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...fair, Norway has an admirable environmental record in other respects. The U.S., for instance, might follow its example and implement a carbon tax, which encourages efficiency and the use of cleaner fuels. But the whaling issue has real significance. By undermining the International Whaling Commission, Norway's unilateral action will open the door to cheating by other nations, imperiling anew some whale species. Many Norwegians recognize this, but it is the politically potent fishermen who are driving policy...
...became three-dimensional and spread rapidly over a wide area -- at which point, some scientists argue, the concentration of oil is no longer dangerously high. The sea contains bacteria and other microbes that will naturally break down the oil droplets until they are eventually reduced to little more than carbon dioxide and water...
...Delhi Daubar, which opened in mid-December, is located at the same site that housed India Gate, which shut down in November after a carbon monoxide leak forced an evacuation of the restaurant. Eleven would-be diners had to seek medical treatment after inhaling...
...long he found that his pathological interests precluded his being hired by any hospital. His ostracism, however, did leave him more time to rummage around flea markets, looking for old toys with small gears that he could use to build his inventions. His first "Mercitron," a precursor to the carbon-monoxide delivery contraption he provided to two more suicidal women last week, now sits in his lawyer's office. "He's very skilled in mechanical engineering," says Geoffrey Fieger. "He's very talented, in everything he builds...
...estimates that every kilowatt-hour ofelectricity saved prevents the emission of 1.5pounds of carbon dioxide, 5.8 grams of sulfurdioxide, and 2.5 grams of nitrogen oxides. Thesethree gases comprise the bulk of air pollution