Carbon sequestration in the ocean-an escape route
Date
2022-06-01
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Видавництво Львівської політехніки
Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Abstract
The utilization of fossil fuels is releasing previously
carbon stored in the various carbon pools of the earth and
increasing the global concentration of Carbon dioxide from an
initial 280 parts per million in the 1850s to above 400 parts per
million today. This review takes a look at previous works on
carbon sequestration; its feasibility, potential and process.
Increased carbon emission has disrupted the fragile balance in
carbon content between the atmosphere and ocean which took
thousands of years to attain. Aftermath of which includes
increase global temperatures as well as other environmental
problems. It has been projected that from 2025 up-wards; we
would have exceeded our carbon budget at our current
emission rates. Curtailing fossil fuel utilization alone will not
suffice to save the planet unless something more drastic is
done. Capturing anthropogenically produced carbon gas and
discharging it into the ocean at a depth of 3000m where it
sinks into the bottom of the ocean is recommended. Here, the
oceans are expected to store about 59 times the carbon gas
carrying capacity of the atmosphere. The need to speed up the
slow natural process of sequestrating carbon in the ocean depth
has never been more expedient. Research is recommended into
understanding the oceans as a variegated system of interactions
compared to terrestrial ecosystems.
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Keywords
carbon, carbon dioxide, sequestration, ocean, atmosphere, depth
Citation
Carbon sequestration in the ocean-an escape route / David Ibeabuchi Onyemachi, Wilson Uzochukwu Eze, Mekidani Aaron Musa, Virginia Ngozi Okolo, Amos Dindul Kalip, Pascalina Paulleo, Bernard Egwu Igiri, Abba John // Environmental Problems. — Lviv : Lviv Politechnic Publishing House, 2022. — Vol 7. — No 1. — P. 23–33.