Leaking underground CO2 storage could contaminate drinking water

Friday, November 12, 2010 - 10:30 in Earth & Climate

Leaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in the water tenfold or more in some places, according to a study by Duke University scientists...

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