Geological Carbon Sinks and Sequestration
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 4606
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conventional carbon storage; sedimentology; basin-range coupling
Interests: geological CO2 storage; multi-phase fluid flow simulation
Interests: geological CO2 storage; hydrogeology
Interests: deep carbon cycle; crustal anatexis and deep processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have made a visible impact on the global environment and climate since the industrial revolution. The steady buildup of CO2 as a major greenhouse gas in atmosphere is believed to be a major contributor to global warming. Guided by the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal to limit the global average temperature rise in the 21st century within 2 °C while making efforts to limit the rise even further to 1.5 °C, 192 countries and the European Union are taking active measures to substantially reduce carbon emissions and increase carbon sequestration. However, natural carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, and farmlands, as well as in oceans and karst regions, is far below to maintain a balance against the CO2 into atmosphere. In addition to shifting the energy structure to one with a major share of renewable energy, artificially enhanced carbon sequestration involving geological processes needs more attention in the course of realizing net-zero carbon emissions. Currently, studies of geological carbon sinks and geological CO2 sequestration remain challenging topics. Thus, in this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit original research and review articles relevant to geological carbon sinks and sequestration, including natural and artificial carbon sequestration processes, mechanisms, and potentials via physical, chemical, and biological interactions between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere during geological processes, as well as strategies for and management of carbon neutrality. This issue will provide a geological insight that will be of use for our journey to carbon neutrality.
Topics of interest for publication in this Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- Carbon cycling;
- Karst carbon sink;
- Soil carbon sink;
- Wetland and swamp carbon sink;
- Mineralized carbon sinks of basic–ultrabasic rocks;
- Conventional and unconventional geological carbon sequestration;
- Geological energy storage;
- Policies, legislation, and management with regard to carbon neutrality.
Prof. Dr. Jianliang Jia
Dr. Cai Li
Prof. Dr. Qingcheng He
Prof. Dr. Lingsen Zeng
Prof. Dr. Jianhua Cao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon cycling
- geological carbon sinks
- geological CO2 sequestration
- carbon policies
