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Carbon sequestration: Buried trouble

Protesters saying "no to CO2" are just one roadblock facing carbon sequestration — a strategy that could help prevent dangerous climate change. Richard Van Noorden investigates.

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Van Noorden, R. Carbon sequestration: Buried trouble. Nature 463, 871–873 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463871a

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