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.
RECS Highlighted at Columbia Climate Center
The Columbia Climate Center convened a workshop, “Carbon Management Education and Practice” at Columbia University on November 3-4, 2011. Pamela Tomski, RECS Founder and Director joined over 30 participants from academia, NGOs, the private sector and government to discuss the emergence and contours of carbon management as a new educational and professional field. She provided a briefing on the RECS program and its unique approach to building a diverse CCUS workforce and supporting young scientists, engineers and professionals to help keep the U.S. on the leading edge of CCUS innovation. Dr. Klaus Lackner and Dr. Juerg Matter, RECS faculty from Columbia University also participated in the event. Other presentations provided insight into the challenges of managing carbon and the role of education to address these challenges. Participants agreed on the need for a workforce trained at the intersection of economics, finance, natural science, engineering and governance with an understanding of the complexity of the relationships between these elements. A full summary of the workshop will be posted here followed by a white paper by the Columbia Climate Center to further explore the topic of education for carbon management.
