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Article: A salty solution for carbon dioxide. (deep ocean disposal of industrial waste carbon dioxide)
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- Chemistry and Industry
- Article date:
- July 20, 1998
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Disposing of waste carbon dioxide in the deep ocean could help solve the problem of industrial greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere
A future of doom and gloom, of melting ice caps and changing climates, has been predicted as a result of global warming and the 'greenhouse effect'. Essentially linked to the emissions of greenhouse gases - most notably carbon dioxide - into the atmosphere, this disruption of the Earth's ecosystem is causing great concern. It is now widely accepted that the greenhouse effect, caused by rises in atmospheric C[O.sub.2] levels, will result in a general warming of the Earth's surface with potentially disastrous environmental impacts.
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