Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Carbon Capture and Earthquakes

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Carbon Capture and Earthquakes

Could novel technique to curb global warming also trigger earthquakes?

Christian Science Monitor - ‎

A report finds that injecting carbon dioxide into underground rock formations, while a potential means of fighting global warming, could increase stresses on faults, leading to earthquakes. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / June 20, 2012 Capturing carbon ...

Carbon capture prompts quake risk fear

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎Jun 19, 2012‎

A PROPOSED method of cutting harmful carbon emissions in the atmosphere by storing them underground risks causing earthquakes and is unlikely to succeed, a US study says. The warning came in a Perspective article in the Proceedings of the National ...

'Carbon capture' too risky, earthquake prone: US study

DAWN.com - ‎

WASHINGTON: A proposed method of cutting harmful carbon emissions in the atmosphere by storing them underground risks causing earthquakes and is unlikely to succeed, a US study said on Monday. The warning came in a Perspective article in the ...

Underground carbon dioxide storage likely would cause earthquakes

Los Angeles Times - ‎J

The notion of mitigating harmful carbon dioxide emissions by storing the gas underground is not practical because the process is likely to cause earthquakes that would release the gas anyway, according to a commentary published Monday in Proceedings of ...

Carbon dioxide injections a solution for global warming?

Alaska Dispatch -

Capturing carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions and pumping it deep underground may not be as useful a tool for dealing with rising greenhouse-gas levels as advocates suggest, according to a new analysis. The reason: Rising pressure from the ...

Earthquake risk for carbon capture and storage schemes

New Scientist -

Move over fracking: carbon capture and storage schemes (CCS) are more likely to trigger earthquakes, warns the US National Research Council (NRC). Meanwhile, a separate study warns that quake-fractured rocks could undermine CCS efforts by allowing the ...

Underground CO2 storage 'could cause small quakes'

The Engineer - ‎

Storing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) underground is likely to cause earthquakes that could release the gas back into the atmosphere, according to new research. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) in empty oil and gas wells is seen as a key tactic in the ...

Underground Carbon Storage Could Cause Earthquakes, Scientists Warn

The Green Optimistic - ‎

By Ovidiu Sandru on June 20, 2012 Seismic sites: The dots represent seismic activity during March 2011, according to USGS. Red dots are for seismicity induced by the creation of water reservoirs. A part of the scientific community involved in plans for ...

Burying greenhouse gases underground could cause earthquakes

io9 -

As the Arctic ice continues to fade away, some scientists have come up with radical solutions to the problem of greenhouse gases. One of these ideas is large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS), burying those troublesome gases underground — but now ...

Carbon capture and storage likely to cause earthquakes, say Stanford researchers

Stanford Report - ‎

Stanford geophysicists say earthquakes triggered by underground CO 2 storage, while probably too small to cause major damage, could release stored CO 2 into the atmosphere. By Max McClure Norway's Utsira formation, under the Sleipner Gas Field, ...

Storing C02 underground could trigger quakes

U-T San Diego - ‎

Scientists say it is possible to capture and store carbon dioxide underground as a way reducing emissions from coal-fired power plants. But Stanford researchers claim in a newly published letter in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Quakes 'undermine carbon storage strategy'

ABC Science Online - ‎

Shakey storage Earthquake risk undermines underground carbon storage as a viable strategy to fight climate change, say US researchers. But an Australian expert in the technology says the conclusions are "scientifically untenable".

'Carbon capture' too risky, earthquake prone: study

Phys.Org - ‎

The Frimmersdorf power station is seen in 2010 in Grevenbroich, western Germany. A proposed method of cutting harmful carbon emissions in the atmosphere by storing them underground risks causing earthquakes and is unlikely to succeed, a US study said.