carbon removing
1Carbon filtering — is a method of filtering that uses a piece of activated carbon to remove contaminants and impurities, utilizing chemical adsorption. Each piece of carbon is designed to provide a large section of surface area, in order to allow contaminants the… …
2Carbon sequestration — is the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) and may refer specifically to: The process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and depositing it in a reservoir. [1] When carried out deliberately, this may also be referred to as carbon dioxide removal,… …
3Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere — Carbon dioxide forms approximately 0.04% of the Earth s atmosphere. It is essential to photosynthesis in plants and other photoautotrophs, and is also a prominent greenhouse gas due to its radiative forcing strength.ConcentrationAs of November… …
4carbon absorption — UK US noun [S] ► ENVIRONMENT the use of carbon to remove waste and other substances from air or water: »Carbon absorption has numerous applications in removing pollutants from air or water streams. ► NATURAL RESOURCES the process of taking carbon …
5Carbon offset — Part of a series on Green economics Concepts …
6Carbon sink — A carbon sink is reservoir of carbon that accumulates and stores carbon for an indefinite period. The main natural sinks are: # Absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans # Photosynthesis by plants and algae The process by which carbon sinks… …
7Carbon nanotubes in photovoltaics — Organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) are fabricated from thin films of organic semiconductors, such as polymers and small molecule compounds, and are typically on the order of 100 nm thick. Because polymer based OPVs can be made using a coating… …
8Carbon dioxide removal — See also: Bio energy with carbon capture and storage, Biochar, Carbon dioxide scrubber, Carbon capture and storage, Geoengineering, and Greenhouse gas remediation Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods refers to a number of technologies which… …
9Carbon dioxide laser — The carbon dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed (invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 [cite journal last = Patel first = C. K. N. authorlink = C. Kumar N. Patel year = 1964 title = Continuous Wave… …
10carbon capture — /kabən ˈkæptʃə/ (say kahbuhn kapchuh) noun the process of removing carbon dioxide from a point where it is normally released in large quantities, as from a power plant, so that it can then be prevented from entering the atmosphere. See carbon… …
