Storing Carbon Dioxide Underground May Trigger Earthquakes, says Stanford Geophysicist
Posted in News, Research News on Dec 16th, 2010
STANFORD UNIVERSITY — Storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide underground in an effort to combat global warming may not be easy to do because of the potential for triggering small to moderate earthquakes, according to Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback. While those earthquakes are unlikely to be big enough to hurt people or property, they could [...]
