Iceland’s volcanic plains are more than just otherworldly sights for tourists — the basalt rocks that lay there are about to help resolve the world’s climate emergency.
A team of researchers at the Hellisheiði geothermal plant just outside Reykjavik has managed to capture carbon dioxide emissions and store them in basalt rocks deep underground. Once infused with CO2, the rock traps the emissions forever, without any risk of pollution. The Carbfix Project is secure, cost-efficient, and brings hope to the world’s incapacity to reduce its CO2 emissions.
