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Geological carbon storage

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Storage of the carbon dioxide that is produced by burning fossil fuels is one way to avoid the damaging consequences of climate change. A range of observations suggests that geological carbon storage is much less risky than unabated carbon emissions to the atmosphere.

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Figure 1: Leaking natural carbon dioxide at Crystal Geyser, Green River, Utah5.

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Figure 2: Diagram of carbon dioxide storage at the Sleipner Field based on seismic images.

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  1. Mike J. Bickle is in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK. mb72@esc.cam.ac.uk,

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