Plants take in water from the soil.

Rugs absorb sound.

As trees grow, they absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

And the bystanders are absorbing some of the hardest blows.

Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

The ocean absorbs about 30 percent of the CO₂ that is released in the atmosphere.

Democracy tarnishes its heroes as surely as revolutions devour their children.

Moreover, forests absorb intense rainfall, thereby reducing the risk of flooding.

Moreover, stopping the destruction of forests is essential, given how much carbon is trapped in them.

When a shock hits the economy, it is initially absorbed by interest rates and the exchange rate.

And you can have a hundred million of these homes, and it's great because they suck carbon.

Typically, they take over companies with borrowed money often more than 80 of the price.

Around the world, in order to enhance performance, people are popping pills and powder known as amphetamine type stimulants (ATS).

Atmospheric greenhouse gases allow sunlight to pass through but absorb heat and radiate some down to the earth s surface.

Incredibly, the US is now soaking up roughly two thirds of all global net saving, a situation without historical precedent.

Bricks, concrete, and asphalt the building blocks from which cities are made absorb much more heat from the sun than vegetation does in the countryside.

Cool roofs are highly reflective surfaces that don't absorb solar heat and pass it on to the building or atmosphere.

The enterprises owned by the Indian government in manufacturing and other sectors operate inefficiently and often produce losses that absorb national saving.

RuBisCO, the enzyme that captures carbon dioxide in the light independent reactions, has a binding affinity for both carbon dioxide and oxygen.

One clear requirement is that tropical deforestation, which is responsible for 20 of greenhouse gas emissions, be halted within the next decade or two.

Earth as an infrared emitter Earth's surface and the clouds absorb visible and invisible radiation from the sun and re emit much of the energy as infrared back to atmosphere.

Like animal phagocytes, it engulfs bacteria by phagocytosis mainly through Toll like receptors, and it has other biological functions in common with macrophages.

Even more staggeringly, US borrowing now soaks up more than two thirds of the combined excess savings of all the surplus countries in the world, including China, Japan, Germany, and the OPEC states.

One that is obviously happening all around us now, is that the temes turn us into teme machines, with these implants, with the drugs, with us merging with the technology.

South America is booming, as India and China swallow up its exports of iron, copper, soybeans, coffee, coal, oil, wheat, poultry, beef, and sugar.

Large budget deficits are absorbing the national savings that should be used to expand business investment, and are increasing the national debt that will have to be financed by future taxes.

Interestingly, both sides cite America s gaping trade deficit believe it or not, the US is soaking up two thirds of global excess saving to support their arguments.

What if my roommate knew about Nollywood, full of innovative people making films despite great technical odds, films so popular that they really are the best example of Nigerians consuming what they produce?

Certain substances in the atmosphere, chiefly cloud droplets and water vapor, but also carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and chlorofluorocarbons, absorb this infrared, and re radiate it in all directions including back to Earth.

2.5 of Territorians were born in England, 1.9 in New Zealand, 1.7 in Philippines, 0.9 in India and 0.5 in the United States.

Some of the students were from Asia and the others were from Europe.

Americans are from Italy, Europeans are from Japan

Are you an NGO? Are you the media?

This is a pair of underpants from from Tibet.

What is the wall mostly made of? Atoms.

In a few months we've reached more than 6000 followers, most of them Burmese obviously.

Many of us walked away from Luhansk.

Is it made of wood or metal?

Is it made of wood or metal?

Is it made of wood or metal?

Do you come from Austria or Australia?

Do you come from Austria or Australia?

Are you American or French?

One of the tigers has escaped from the zoo.

Are you guys from Austria, or is it Australia?