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Alt label
- Carbon capture
- Carbon sequestration
- Carbon storage
SES ID
- 8972
- 51872
- 432742
- 51876
Notation
- 8972
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Definition
- Ways of storing carbon dioxide, the main gas emitted when fuel burns. Sequestration includes growing vegetation to absorb CO2 (carbon sinks), storing it underground or beneath the seabed, fertilising seawater with iron to make it absorb carbon.
Editorial note
- 07/2015: removed UF 'CCS' as query expansion plus stemming in Search was leading to matches being made on 'cc' and pulling out any item with multiple column references in Hansard.
History note
- Lead term edited after PQ meeting on 16 December 2016; previously Carbon sequestration.