Article: Scientists Pursue CO2 Storage In The Ocean Floor

IRA FLATOW
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
07-25-2008
Scientists Pursue CO2 Storage In The Ocean Floor

Host: IRA FLATOW
Time 3:00-4:00 PM


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IRA FLATOW, host:

For the rest of the hour, CO2, carbon dioxide. There's a lot of talk these days about reducing carbon emissions, but what about catching those CO2 emissions before they billow out of smoke stacks and into the atmosphere? Scientists are already thinking about the best way to do that. Of course, once you capture the stuff there's that problem, a slight little problem detail, where do we put it? There's always been talk lately about putting it underground. "Sequestering it" is the catch phrase. But there is fear ...

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