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    atmosphere of Earth. The current global average concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is 421 ppm (0.04%) as of May 2022. This is an increase...
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    and 2022 annual CO2 emissions estimates (in kilotons of CO2 per year) along with a list of calculated emissions per capita (in tons of CO2 per year). The...
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    Carbon dioxide (redirect from CO2)
    Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CO2. It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded...
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    (CCS) is a process in which a relatively pure stream of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial sources is separated, treated and transported to a long-term...
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    initial impact is about 100 times greater than that of CO2, because of the shorter atmospheric lifetime, after six or seven decades, the impact of the...
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    Jet airliners contribute to climate change by emitting carbon dioxide (CO2), the best understood greenhouse gas, and, with less scientific understanding...
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    Climate change (category Human impact on the environment)
    Malte; Schaeffer, Michiel; Knutti, Reto; Riahi, Keywan (2015). "Impact of short-lived non-CO2 mitigation on carbon budgets for stabilizing global warming"...
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    the 1970, 1990, 2005, 2017 and 2022 annual per capita CO2 emissions estimates (in kilotons of CO2 per year). The data only consider carbon dioxide emissions...
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  • of construction and infrastructure, as well as by CO2 emissions; between 4-8% of total global CO2 emissions come from concrete. Many depend on circumstances...
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    the greenhouse effect. This contributes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2), from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, is one of...
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    The CO2 fertilization effect or carbon fertilization effect causes an increased rate of photosynthesis while limiting leaf transpiration in plants. Both...
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    usually reported in tonnes of emissions (CO2-equivalent) per unit of comparison. Such units can be for example tonnes CO2-eq per year, per kilogram of protein...
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    reproduction. Another impact concerns reduced quantity or quality of animal feed, whether due to drought or as a secondary impact of CO2 fertilization effect...
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    "The Environmental Impacts of Transportation". people.hofstra.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2016-04-14. "CO2 emissions from passenger...
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    Earth's ocean. Over the past 200 years, the rapid increase in anthropogenic CO2 (carbon dioxide) production has led to an increase in the acidity of the...
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  • 2023-02-10. "CO2 coalition sponsored article in The Washington Times presents list of false and misleading statements about the impacts of CO2 and climate...
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    The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. It was invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 and is still...
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    to extract carbon dioxide directly from the ambient air. If the extracted CO2 is then sequestered in safe long-term storage (called direct air carbon capture...
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    change. These changes impact how much CO2 is absorbed by plant matter and how much organic matter decays or burns to release CO2. These changes are part...
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    Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a process in which carbon dioxide (CO2) is removed from the atmosphere by deliberate human activities and durably stored...
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    Aviation into the EU ETS: Impact on EU allowance prices. ICF Consulting for DEFRA, February 2006. Vidal, John (3 March 2007) CO2 output from shipping twice...
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    Human activities impact terrestrial sinks, through land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF), consequently, the exchange of CO2 (carbon cycle) between...
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    function of ecosystems. Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) or they can be natural. These issues are considered...
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  • The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that the onset of the Younger Dryas (YD) cool period (stadial) at the end of the Last Glacial Period...
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    Hypercapnia (redirect from CO2 retention)
    "smoke"), also known as hypercarbia and CO2 retention, is a condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the blood. Carbon dioxide is...
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    marine life far exceeding the individual harmful impact of either. While the full implications of elevated CO2 on marine ecosystems are still being documented...
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    The environmental impact of the energy industry is significant, as energy and natural resource consumption are closely related. Producing, transporting...
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    Carbon dioxide cleaning (CO2 cleaning) comprises a family of methods for parts cleaning and sterilization, using carbon dioxide in its various phases...
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    buoyant migration of CO2, resulting in the retention of CO2 within a storage formation. While trapped in a rock formation, CO2 can be in the supercritical...
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    Greenhouse gas (redirect from Co2 gases)
    dioxide equivalent (CO2e or CO2eq or CO2-e or CO2-eq) can be calculated from the GWP. For any gas, it is the mass of CO2 that would warm the earth as much...
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