New research shows that natural accumulations of carbon dioxide (CO2) that have been trapped underground for around 100,000 years have not significantly corroded the rocks above, suggesting that storing CO2 in reservoirs deep underground is much safer and more predictable over long periods of time than previously thought, explains Suzanne Hangx a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utrech ...[Read More]
New study of natural CO2 reservoirs: Carbon dioxide emissions can be safely buried underground for climate change mitigation
The rocks in the Colorado Plateau, USA, are representative for reservoirs currently under consideration for CO2 storage in Europe. Layer Cake . Credit: Suzanne Hangx (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)