NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rock found mostly in Oman can be harnessed to
soak up the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could
help slow global warming, scientists say.
When carbon dioxide comes in contact with the rock, peridotite, the
gas is converted into solid minerals such as calcite.
Geologist Peter Kelemen and geochemist Juerg Matter said the naturally
occurring process can be supercharged 1 million times to grow
underground minerals that can permanently store 2 billion or more of
the 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted by human activity every
year.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4A59IB20081106
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