The phrase
"net emitter" refers to something or someone that releases or produces more of a certain thing (usually gases or pollutants) than it takes in or absorbs.
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«emitter»
Sentences with «net emitter»
- Now, in a perverse twist, a new study shows that in a few years, the pests will have turned the once climate - friendly forests into net emitters of carbon dioxide. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Ponds and lakes play a significant role in the global carbon cycle, and are often net emitters of carbon gases to the atmosphere. (sciencedaily.com)
- As exciting as these wildlife changes have been, Hey notes that potentially more important is a change in the environment's chemistry — a change that has turned the wetland from a net emitter of nitrates to an eliminator of these pollutants. (sciencenews.org)
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