Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

High reactivity of deep biota under anthropogenic CO2 injection into basalt

  • Rosalia Trias,
  • Bénédicte Ménez,
  • Paul le Campion,
  • Yvan Zivanovic,
  • Léna Lecourt,
  • Aurélien Lecoeuvre,
  • Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin,
  • Jenny Uhl,
  • Sigurður R. Gislason,
  • Helgi A. Alfreðsson,
  • Kiflom G. Mesfin,
  • Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir,
  • Edda S. Aradóttir,
  • Ingvi Gunnarsson,
  • Juerg M. Matter,
  • Martin Stute,
  • Eric H. Oelkers,
  • Emmanuelle Gérard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01288-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The impacts of carbon capture and storage (CCS) on subsurface microorganisms are poorly understood. Here, the authors show that deep ecosystems respond quickly to CO2 injections and that the environmental consequences of their metabolic activities need to be properly assessed for sustainable CCS in basalt.