Answer to Carbon Emissions May Lie Under the Sea

jerry submitted, created time 4 months 15 hours (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

Scientists may have found a way to chemically lock up a trillion metric tons of carbon dioxide, many times the expected global carbon emissions over the next century. The plan involves injecting the greenhouse gas into huge formations of the porous volcanic rock basalt that lie on the sea floor. The approach would be expensive, however, and a host of questions remain about the technique.

Keywords: carbon dioxide pollution ecology oceans sea floor carbon emissions