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- Allotrope [r]: A structural form of a chemical element, a specific configuration of atoms making up the crystalline structure. [e]
- Boiler [r]: A closed vessel in which water or other fluids are heated. [e]
- California Environmental Protection Agency [r]: A state cabinet-level agency within the government of California whose mission is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality. [e]
- Carbon capture and storage [r]: An approach to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2). [e]
- Carbon dioxide [r]: Chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. [e]
- Carbon [r]: Fourth most abundant chemical element in the Universe, with atomic number Z=6. [e]
- Conventional coal-fired power plant [r]: An industrial plant which produces electricity by burning coal in a steam generator that heats water to produce high pressure steam. The steam flows through a series of steam turbines which spin an electrical generator to produce electricity. [e]
- Gas [r]: One of the major states of matter (i.e., gas, liquid, solid and plasma). [e]
- Global warming [r]: The increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. [e]
- Greenhouse effect [r]: A general attribute of planets and moons with atmospheres denoting an imbalance between surface radiation and top-of-atmosphere radiation due to the presence of greenhouse gases. [e]
- Macromolecular chemistry [r]: The study of the physical, biological and chemical structure, properties, composition, and reaction mechanisms of macromolecules. [e]
- Methane [r]: A chemical compound and alkane with the molecular formula CH4, and the principal component of natural gas. [e]
- New York City [r]: The largest city in the United States of America and a world center of finance, commerce, communications, and the arts. [e]
- Ocean heat content [r]: The amount of heat stored in the oceans which is used by scientists to analyze and project climate change. [e]
- Pollutant [r]: Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a natural resource or the health of humans, animals, or ecosystems. [e]
- Steven Chu [r]: U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. Nobel Prize recipient in Physics. [e]
