Research Programs

The Carbon Mitigation Initiative's (CMI) research covers the areas of carbon capture, carbon storage, carbon science and carbon policy.

Science Group

The Science Group collects data from the oceans, the atmosphere, ice cores, and the land biosphere to study how natural sources and sinks of carbon have varied in recent and ancient times, and how they will respond to future climatic change.

Storage Group

The Storage Group studies potential risks of injecting CO₂ underground for permanent storage. Models of subsurface carbon dioxide behavior and laboratory studies of well cement degradation are helping the group evaluate that risk.

Capture Group

The Capture Group assesses technologies for capturing CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels used in electricity, hydrogen, and synfuels production. Other research areas include studies of alternative fuel combustion, renewable energy, and energy storage.

Integration Group

The Integration Group synthesizes research discoveries and explores the policy implications of carbon mitigation strategies. It also works to communicate issues of carbon and climate to industry, government, NGO's and the general public.