Congratulations to David Dominic, Ph.D. and his research team from the ’Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences for being awarded part of a $10 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance the scientific understanding of geologically sequestering carbon dioxide.
Geosequestration of carbon dioxide is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. In this strategy, CO2 from industrial emissions is captured and pumped into deep geologic formations, typically brine reservoirs more than a mile underground. The CO2 is then trapped beneath an overlying shale formation, which serves as a cap on top of the reservoir, as well as by the sandstone surrounding the brine below. The CO2 slowly dissolves in the brine and mineralizes. Read more in the WSU Newsroom
