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Possible Greenhouse Gas Storage May Be Possible Offshore

British Columbia-There is a possible project that may yield hope for future greenhouse gas storage, using deep-sea disposal offshore in the sea floor, in a region that reaches from Canadian British Columbia to the southern shores of California.

Scientists are examining the formations off the Pacific Northwest toward the possibility of storing future greenhouse gases there.

The undersea geological structures are honeycombed and may offer a way to environmentally store carbon dioxide in a safe and eco friendly manner.

Scientists are looking at a vast project that could potentially store a huge amount of greenhouse gases, and they are looking at the area in the Pacific starting with offshore of British Columbia, and south to nearly Mexico.

The region being examined is famous for seismic and earthquake activity, but scientists are hopeful that this new project may yet yield a safe way to dispose of greenhouse gases.

It would involve test wells deep into the ocean floor, into the basalt rock of the Juan De Fuca Plate, which runs from Vancouver Island to California located about 150 kilometres off shore.

The plate is made up of hardened lava, and has a lot of space that may be able to store greenhouse gases.

The region is in international waters located off the coast of British Columbia and stretches south to the southern border of the USA.