Inject, baby, inject!

Abstract

Carbon Sequestration![Figure][1] Northern Lights above borehole at Iceland power station. PHOTO: GUNNAR SVANBERG Atmospheric CO2 can be sequestered by injecting it into basaltic rocks, providing a potentially valuable way to undo some of the damage done by fossil fuel burning. Matter et al. injected CO2 into wells in Iceland that pass through basaltic lavas and hyaloclastites at depths between 400 and 800 m. Most of the injected CO2 was mineralized in less than 2 years. Carbonate minerals are stable, so this approach should avoid the risk of carbon leakage. Science , this issue p. [1312][2] [1]: pending:yes [2]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aad8132