Natalia Zakharova in Popular Mechanics
Natalia Zakharova (RECS 2010) was featured in the Popular Mechanics’ article, Could the Northeast Store Its CO2 Right Beneath Its Feet?, for her work with Columbia University’s Borehole Research Group on an EPA-funded project. Her research, led by Dr. David Goldberg, assesses how potential leakage of dissolved CO2 from deep storage reservoirs might alter rock chemistry and microbial life if it moves up to shallow aquifers. Complimenting this effort, a DOE grant supports characterization of the Newark Basin, which spans beneath northern New Jersey, southern New York and southwestern Pennsylvania. Current estimates indicate potential CO2 storage within the Newark Basin is around 10 billion metric tons (~ 40 years of CO2 emissions from the three states). Natalia presented her preliminary findings at the American Geophysical Union annual conference this past December in San Francisco.
