Direct Experiments on the Ocean Disposal of Fossil Fuel CO2
SCIENCE 284: 943-945 (1999).
This web-page contains images and video related to our paper published in Science. The material presented here focuses on the deep ocean release experiment conducted at a depth of 3627 m in Monterey Bay. This experiment was the culmination of a series of trials conducted at increasing depths which were undertaken to test various ideas concerning the deep ocean sequestration of carbon dioxide in a real-world environment.
Our experiments were conducted using ships and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institue (MBARI). For the shallow experiments at 349 m, 430 m and 905 m, we used the ROV Ventana deployed from the R/V Point Lobos. For the deep ocean release experiment at 3627 m, we used the ROV Tiburon deployed from the R/V Western Flyer.
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- Background information -- the hardware:
- Background information -- physical chemistry:
- Still images from the experiments:
- Frame-by-frame images of the spillovers: