PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast

Capturing Carbon - The Basics of Carbon Capture and Storage

10.06.2022 - By Chris and JessePlay

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In this episode, we dive into a very important topic that will play an increasing role in the climate change crisis.  Carbon (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is a big geoscience problem, and a possible solution to climate change.  But, we need to understand these two terms well - it’s all about making rocks!

The oceans capture carbon for us, but we want to help this process along.  In order to do that, we need to find ways to concentrate the Carbon because it's in such a low overall concentration in the atmosphere.  We discuss some of the ways companies are trying to speed up the concentration process.

Once the Carbon is captured, we need to find ways to store it.  Rocks such as limestone in the ocean is a natural way for Carbon storage.  Again, we discuss some of the creative ways companies are researching to effectively store the captured carbon.  We hope you enjoy our discussion on the very important topic.

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