Pumping carbon dioxide deep underground may trigger earthquakes
The potential is there, but tests so far have shown only imperceptible rumbles

CARBON QUAKES Injecting CO2 deep underground offers a promising way to curb global warming, but the extra pressure may cause faults to slip or fractures to release the buried carbon dioxide.
Archer Daniels Midland
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