noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
sulphur dioxide
sulphur dioxide/carbon dioxide/greenhouse gas etc emissions
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The treaty calls for a 30% reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions.
sulphur dioxide/carbon dioxide/greenhouse gas etc emissions
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The treaty calls for a 30% reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
atmospheric
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As levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane increase, the greenhouse effect will trap increasing amounts of heat.
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Estimating the future rate of energy growth is of critical importance for predicting future concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide .
reducing
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The government is committed to reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 60 percent to their 1980 levels by 2005.
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The government has committed itself to reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000.
■ NOUN
carbon
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So more and more coal, gas and oil are burned producing more carbon dioxide .
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Life generates methane, ammonia, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide , and many other gases.
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And burning coal, of course, produces, carbon dioxide as well as sulphur dioxide.
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The most obvious source, and one that is ubiquitous on the Martian surface, is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Implementing the directive across the 12 member states would save an estimated 26 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
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This waste may be burned to make a mixture of carbon dioxide , water, and nitrogen.
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This carbon dioxide is first transformed to carbonates, and incorporated in the shells of sea creatures.
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The more the continents are exposed to weathering, the more carbon dioxide is drawn down from the atmosphere.
concentration
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Changes in the size of boreal forests and carbon dioxide concentrations have moved in step for most of this century.
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They were surprised to find that carbon dioxide concentrations were higher in water taken from inside the algal blooms than outside it.
emission
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No cut in carbon dioxide emission is planned, merely stabilisation by 2005.
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Trees that could have been used to eat your car's microscopic carbon dioxide emissions .
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Removing these areas of high sensitivity will make targets for reduction of sulphur dioxide emissions easier to reach.
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All three books also cover the effects of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere.
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This is because of the higher levels of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired stations compared with natural gas.
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The document proposes the stabilisation of carbon dioxide emissions by 2000 - a target which is likely to disappoint some.
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Carbon dioxide emissions will increase by between 9 and 23 percent, and fuel consumption will rise by 3-9 percent.
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Reducing carbon dioxide emissions to required levels will not be achieved by ceasing to mine coal in Britain.
gas
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When they are burned, their carbon combines with oxygen from the atmosphere to form carbon dioxide gas .
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They produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas , which push the cake or bread batter up.
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Sodium bicarbonate plus an acid will produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas .
level
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Nitrogen dioxide levels in central London rose by 40 percent between 1979 and 1989.
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For two years in Bio2, carbon dioxide levels meandered up and down.
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Much progress has been made countrywide to reduce sulphur dioxide levels , which have fallen by nearly half since 1970.
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But the general principle seems secure: we must beware of any further large increases in the carbon dioxide level .
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The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48.
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The only way they add to carbon dioxide levels is through the power consumed in their manufacture.
nitrogen
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It is usually caused by the emission of particulates or nitrogen dioxide .
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The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48.
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The southern California air basin is the only area in the country that still fails to meet the nitrogen dioxide standard.
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The gas is cleaned prior to burning and the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, thought to contribute to acid rain, removed.
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However, this statistic conceals that levels of nitrogen dioxide have changed little since 1983.
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Of those figures, Britain contributed 1.84 million tonnes of sulphur and an equal amount of nitrogen dioxide .
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Apart from general operating conditions, it has set emission limits for sulphur dioxide , nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide.
sulphur
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And burning coal, of course, produces, carbon dioxide as well as sulphur dioxide.
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The maps will be used to show that current plans to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations will meet international commitments.
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Nox, together with sulphur dioxide , is one of the leading contributors to acid rain pollution.
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Much progress has been made countrywide to reduce sulphur dioxide levels, which have fallen by nearly half since 1970.
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Levels of sulphur dioxide in the air reached 2,400 microgrammes per cubic metre over the weekend.
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The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48.
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Recorded emissions of sulphur dioxide were 2.67 million tonnes in 1992, while nitrous oxides totalled 701,645 tonnes.
titanium
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The mixture is coagulated and titanium dioxide is added to adjust the weight.
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Nor is there any likelihood of competition being diminished, except in the case of one minor product, titanium dioxide .
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Details from Society of Cosmetic Chemists Titanium dioxide .
■ VERB
absorb
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These plants absorb the carbon dioxide released by the corals and so help to keep the water oxygenated.
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Rainforests absorb carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen essential for all life, including our own.
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One way of absorbing the extra carbon dioxide would be to plant more trees.
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Living tropical forests also absorb carbon dioxide .
cut
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It estimates that in that time it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 percent.
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Doubling rail traffic would cut carbon dioxide emissions by only about 3 percent.
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Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide .
increase
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As irradiance increases the carbon dioxide supply becomes more important and eventually limiting.
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At that point, however, the still increasing emissions of carbon dioxide will begin the upward spiral once more.
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Any tissue starved of oxygen increases its carbon dioxide production and the lungs compensate by deep and sighing respirations.
produce
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So more and more coal, gas and oil are burned producing more carbon dioxide .
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They produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas, which push the cake or bread batter up.
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And burning coal, of course, produces , carbon dioxide as well as sulphur dioxide.
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And it probably always will, since no conceivable technology can prevent petroleum combustion from producing carbon dioxide .
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The most immediate is that they take up oxygen from water to support their respiration and produce carbon dioxide .
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Sodium bicarbonate plus an acid will produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.
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The yeast feeds on the sugar and produces alcohol and carbon dioxide .
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Instead the bubbles are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the finished wine.
reduce
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The new plan focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions by cutting energy consumption.
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Other companies have studied ways to offset or reduce emissions of carbon dioxide .
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The maps will be used to show that current plans to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations will meet international commitments.
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When carbon monoxide is the reducing agent, carbon dioxide is produced.
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It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
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Much progress has been made countrywide to reduce sulphur dioxide levels, which have fallen by nearly half since 1970.
release
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Because the diesel engine uses so much less fuel it releases substantially less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
remove
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Potassium hydroxide is injected into the tube to remove carbon dioxide .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Breathing air is cleansed of deadly carbon dioxide in a three-step process.
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Gases, such as carbon dioxide , dissolve in liquids and can precipitate out as solids.
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Joseph Black had described carbon dioxide in 1756 while Henry Cavendish described hydrogen in 1766.
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Mr Bondevik wanted to postpone building gas plants until emissions of environmental-damaging carbon dioxide can be cut.
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Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide .
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The main global-warming gas, after all, is carbon dioxide , given off mainly by burning fossil fuels.
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The water vapor can then be cycled by reacting it with carbon monoxide to make carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
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When we breathe we take oxygen into the body and expel the waste gas, carbon dioxide , or CO2.