gigaton
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gigaton
Example Sentences
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It was an intense and disorienting time if you were simply a fan of the music; multiply that by approximately a gigaton if you were anywhere adjacent.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
To truly make a difference will require carbon removal at the gigaton scale, or billions of tons each year, according to the IPCC.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024
“Yet the world will break down if we do not fix energies we use today, mitigate their emissions at a gigaton scale, and rapidly transition to zero carbon alternatives.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2023
Sequestering one gigaton of carbon dioxide would amount to removing the pollution of about 250 million vehicles — the US’s entire light-duty fleet — in one year, according to the DOE.
From The Verge • Nov. 5, 2021
Shakhova’s team said one gigaton of methane now escapes annually from the sediments, largely through a growing network of crevices known as taliks in the Arctic permafrost.
From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2017
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