carbon-negative

American  

[kahr-buhn neg-uh-tiv] / ˈkɑr bən ˈnɛg ə tɪv /

adjective

1. Ecology. (of an agricultural crop, manufacturing plant, etc.) having the net effect of absorbing or sequestering carbon from the atmosphere; having a carbon footprint less than zero.

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Other Word Forms

• carbon negativity
  noun

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carbon-negative

"If even a fraction of global construction shifts toward carbon-negative materials like ESM, the impact could be enormous," added Rahbar.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026

Arbor portrays its solution as a flexible, carbon-negative and clean device: It can operate anywhere with a hookup for carbon sequestration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Research scientists from Hudson Carbon, a New York-based research center which studies carbon storage, found that hemp cultivation is "carbon-negative," meaning that it stores more carbon than it emits.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2024

If polymers were made from biological material instead, this would not only reduce the burning of fossil fuels, but they could actually be carbon-negative, since the material removed CO2 from the atmosphere while it grew.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2023

It would also "enable a global just transition for every worker, community and nation with fossil fuel dependence," said the leader of the carbon-negative country.

From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2022