An international team of scientists have published results of the first ever subsea carbon dioxide impact, detection and monitoring experiment relevant to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) in sub-seabed storage reservoirs. The study was designed to understand how marine life on the seabed and in the water above might react to a real-life leakage, as well as determine methods for detection and monitoring of a small-scale CO_2 leak event. The research, published in Nature Climate Change, found that, for a leak of this scale, the environmental damage was limited; restricted to a small area and with a quick recovery of both the chemistry and biology.
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