Open AccessNew insights into the nation's carbon storage potential
Author(s) -
Warwick Peter D.,
Zhu Zhiliang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo260001
Subject(s) - carbon sequestration , carbon dioxide , greenhouse gas removal , environmental science , greenhouse gas , atmosphere (unit) , carbon fibers , negative carbon dioxide emission , vegetation (pathology) , characterisation of pore space in soil , global warming , carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere , earth science , soil water , natural (archaeology) , porosity , climate change , soil science , geology , materials science , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , meteorology , geography , oceanography , pathology , composite number , composite material , medicine , organic chemistry , paleontology
Carbon sequestration is a method of securing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to prevent its release into the atmosphere, where it contributes to global warming as a greenhouse gas. Geologic storage of CO 2 in porous and permeable rocks involves injecting high‐pressure CO 2 into a subsurface rock unit that has available pore space. Biologic carbon sequestration refers to both natural and anthropogenic processes by which CO 2 is removed from the atmosphere and stored as carbon in vegetation, soils, and sediments.