Carbon

Carbon Dioxide Research Group
Sequestration of CO2 generated by power plants by injection into deep aquifers (geological sequestration) has been proposed as a possible alternative for the reduction of excessive green
LACOP: Lamont Atmospheric Carbon Observation Project
LACOP measures levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at several observation sites.
Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
How much CO2 from human activity enters the ocean?

| Name | Title | Fields of interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dr. Alexander Van Geen | Doherty Senior Research Scientist | Geochemistry |
| Dr. Juerg M. Matter | Doherty Associate Research Scientist | Carbon Sequestration, Hydrogeophysics, Flow and Transport in Saturated Media | |
![]() | Dr. Taro Takahashi | Doherty Senior Scholar | CO2 cycling through oceans and atmosphere; industrial CO2 accumulation. |

- May 14, 2007
May 14, 2007 - A study released on May 11, 2007 provides some of the first solid evidence that warming-induced changes in ocean circulation at the end of the last Ice Age caused vast quantities of ancient carbon dioxide to belch from the deep sea into the atmosphere. Scientists believe the carbon dioxide (CO2) releases helped propel the world into further warming. - July 23, 2008
River nourishes unexpected plant life, trapping greenhouse gasNutrients washed out of the Amazon River are powering huge amounts of previously unexpected plant life far out to sea...
- November 05, 2008

Proposed Method Would Speed Natural Reactions a Million Times
Scientists say that a type of rock found at or near the surface in the Mideast nation of Oman and other areas around the world could be harnessed to soak up huge quantities of globe-warming carbon dioxide.
- June 16, 2009
A power plant in Iceland is set to become the first in the world to try turning carbon dioxide emissions into solid minerals underground, starting this September.In an $11 million pilot project, Reykjavik Energy will capture CO2 from its plant, dissolve the gas in water and inject it deep into volcanic basalt nearby. Over the nine-month study, some 2,000 tons of greenhouse gas will be treated.
- June 18, 2009
Researchers have reconstructed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years in the sharpest detail yet, shedding new light on its role in the earth’s cycles of cooling and warming.










