Feasibility of dumping fossil-fuel CO2 into the deep ocean |
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Authors: | Yoshiyuki Nozaki |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Nakano-ku, 164 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | An idea has been proposed to recover and dispose of the fossil-fuel CO2 generated by stationary power plants into the deep sea, thereby reducing the CO2 emission to the atmosphere. The assessment of its environmental effects and risks is essential for developing new technology for the recovery/disposal system, which has recently received growing attention in Japan.The simple calculation made here did not yield any decisively significant environmental risks so far. However, a further detailed study is needed for the consequences of lowering local pH and the abrupt dissolution of CaCO3 in the deep-sea sediments. It is also shown that, on longer term, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 may be influenced by the degree at which the reaction between the disposed fossil-fuel CO2 and the sedimentary CaCO3 takes place under such conditions. At any rate, the problem should be brought to serious scientific attention much like the case of ocean dumping of radioactive wastes. |
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