Researchers claim CO2-absorbing rock could trap Gulf's emissions

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Geologists claim peridotite offers "low-cost, safe and permanent method to capture and store atmospheric CO2"

US scientists have identified a technique that could trap up to four billion tonnes of carbon emissions a year underground by harnessing a natural reaction between carbon dioxide and the rock peridotite...

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