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The 32 pages that link to Coal, each with the reason it gives.

• Industrial RevolutionRelated: Abundant coal supplied the heat and energy behind steam power and metalworking.

• Sedimentary rockRelated: Its formation links sediment burial to concentrated fossil energy.

• Energy transitionRelated: Coal became the dominant fuel of industrialization and remains a major source of emissions.

• CarboniferousRelated: Carboniferous coal seams became a major source of fuel in later human societies.

• PaleozoicRelated: Carboniferous forests supplied much of the plant matter that formed coal deposits.

• PaleobotanyRelated: Coal deposits preserve evidence of the ancient vegetation that supplied their organic matter.

• Rosalind FranklinRelated: Her early X-ray research linked coal’s structure to its behavior during carbonization.

• Activated carbonRelated: Coal is a major feedstock for activated carbons used in water and gas treatment.

• Carboniferous rainforest collapseRelated: The decline of coal-forming wetlands altered where and how much plant carbon accumulated.

• GlossopterisRelated: Glossopteris-rich vegetation contributed to major Gondwanan coal deposits.

• LepidodendronRelated: The genus’s swamp habitats contributed biomass that became coal.

• Bulk carrierRelated: Coal is a major dry commodity carried in bulk by sea.

• Plant fossilRelated: Coal deposits preserve and record vast accumulations of ancient vegetation.

• GasificationRelated: Coal is a major conventional feedstock, with composition affecting gas yield and contaminants.

• SupercontinentRelated: The Carboniferous coal record is tied to unusual climate and geography during Pangaea’s assembly.

• Late Paleozoic icehouseRelated: Carboniferous coal deposits record extensive plant growth and long-term organic carbon burial during the icehouse.

• ProgymnospermRelated: The spread of woody vegetation contributed to long-term changes in terrestrial carbon burial.