Carbon dioxide can be stored underground for ten times the length needed to avoid climatic impact

Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 09:01 in Earth & Climate

Study of natural-occurring 100,000 year-old CO2 reservoirs shows no significant corroding of ‘cap rock’, suggesting the greenhouse gas hasn’t leaked back out – one of the main concerns with greenhouse gas reduction proposal of carbon capture and storage. New research shows that natural accumulations of carbon dioxide (CO2) that have been trapped underground for around 100,000 […]

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