#nature

Contrary to what is predicted by the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - which predict the global sequestration capacity of between 1 and 30 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year - the technologies currently in use, the availability of storage sites and the commitments made by governments to combat the phenomenon could remove a maximum of 16 gigatons of CO2 per year, even if «realistically» the limit will be 5 or 6 gigatons.This was established by a new study conducted by Imperial College, subjected to peer review and published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, who through new analyzes shows that various estimates on the topic "have been highly speculative".Samuel Krevor, co-author and researcher in Imperial's Department of Earth Science and Engineering, said: «Our study is the first to apply growth models from established sectors to CO2 storage.Our new model offers a more realistic and practical approach to predic...