• Is it safe to store CO2 underground?

  • May 23 2024
  • Length: 13 mins
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Is it safe to store CO2 underground?

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  • Today, companies are storing millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground every year to prevent this climate pollution from warming the planet. In the future it might be billions of tons. But is it dangerous to pump so much liquefied carbon below our feet? Geologist and carbon storage expert Prof. Bradford Hager joins the podcast to explain the risks and how to avoid them.

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    For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu.

    Credits

    Laur Hesse Fisher, Host and Executive Producer

    David Lishansky, Editor and Producer

    Aaron Krol, Writer and Producer

    Lindsay Fendt, Science Reporter

    Michelle Harris, Fact Checker

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions

    Artwork by Aaron Krol
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