Is it safe to store CO2 underground?

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. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: 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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Is it safe to store CO2 underground? is an episode from TILclimate by MIT Climate Project.

This episode is 00:12:34 long.

This episode was published on May 23, 2024.

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