Frequently Asked Questions

About the BSCSP	Climate Change	Carbon and CO2
Carbon Sequestration	Geological Sequestration	Terrestrial Sequestration
	Environment and Policy

About the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership:

• Who funds the Partnership?
• Who is part of the Partnership?
• Where are your research projects?
• Where are you located?

Climate Change:

• What are greenhouse gases?
• What is the greenhouse effect?
• What are the effects of global warming?
• What strategies could prevent global warming?
• What is the IPCC?

Carbon and CO₂:

• What is CO₂?
• What are the primary sources of CO₂?
• What is the carbon cycle?
• How do scientists measure the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere?
• What is a ton of CO₂?
• What is supercritical CO₂?

Carbon Sequestration Basics:

• What is carbon sequestration?
• When will we see commercial scale carbon sequestration?
• Is the United States the only country involved in CCS?
• What are the environmental concerns related to carbon sequestration?

Geological Sequestration:

• What is geologic sequestration?
• What is MMV?
• What is clean coal?

Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration:

• What is terrestrial sequestration?
• What types of terrestrial activities sequester CO₂?

Environment and Policy:

• Who regulates CCS?
• Are policies in place for CCS?
• Is there a risk of sequestered CO₂ leaking?
• Can released CO₂ harm people?