Closed Loop (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Closed Loop

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Engineers and scientists have designed a system to pump volcanic gases including carbon dioxide back into the earth, where the CO2 turns into a solid. Left to right, engineer Magnus Thor Arnarson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory hydrologist Martin Stute and project leader Edda Sif Arradotir of Reykjavik Energy inspect the downgoing piping system.

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Kevin Krajick/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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