Bury it.

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If letting carbon dioxide flow into the atmosphere causes global warming, why not bury it? An experiment led by the California Energy Commission aims to bury a sample of carbon dioxide to see if it's a viable alternative to releasing it into the atmosphere. Below the Earth's surface, impermeable caps of shale rock overlie layers of porous sandstone that once held deposits of gas and oil. If the land already has stored carbon-rich...

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