Photo: Ocean Floor Could Be Greenhouse Gas "Dump," Scientists Say



An oil rig drills in waters of the coast of the United States.

A team of researchers proposes disposing of the carbon dioxide produced from burning fossil fuels such as oil by injecting the gas into seabed sediments nearly two miles (three and a quarter kilometers) below the ocean's surface.

Photograph courtesy USGS


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