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Global underground CO₂ storage hit record 43.6 million metric tons in 2024 alone
The most comprehensive record yet of carbon dioxide stored underground through geological carbon dioxide storage has been published today, revealing that 43.6 million metric tons were sequestered in 2024 alone—a new annual record—and that…
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The most comprehensive record yet of carbon dioxide stored underground through geological carbon dioxide storage has been published today, revealing that 43.6 million metric tons were sequestered in 2024 alone—a new annual record—and that 421.7 million metric tons have now been stored in the past three decades. The 2026 Annual Report from The London Register of Subsurface CO₂ Storage , led by researchers from Imperial College London, tracks the annual rates of CO₂ stored by operational projects worldwide.
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