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On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere while its pyroclastic lava flow incinerated virtually everything within a 230-square-mile radius.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Last year, the company's sales volume rose 3.6% to reach 39.5 million metric tons compared to the prior year.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The organization Break Free From Plastic ranks the two companies as among the biggest worldwide plastic polluters, with Coca-Cola generating 3.2 million metric tons of plastic a year and PepsiCo 2.5 million metric tons.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
The goal is to eliminate more than 3 million metric tons of carbon pollution over 10 years, the White House said.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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metric ton
noun
: a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms see metric system
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