University of Southampton: Ancient Rocks Reveal Themselves as 'Carbon Sponges'
November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southampton issued the following news:
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Ancient rocks reveal themselves as 'carbon sponges'
Sixty-million-year-old rock samples from deep under the ocean have revealed how huge amounts of carbon dioxide are stored for millennia in piles of lava rubble that accumulate on the seafloor.
Scientists have analysed lavas drilled from deep under the South Atlantic Ocean to under . . .
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Ancient rocks reveal themselves as 'carbon sponges'
Sixty-million-year-old rock samples from deep under the ocean have revealed how huge amounts of carbon dioxide are stored for millennia in piles of lava rubble that accumulate on the seafloor.
Scientists have analysed lavas drilled from deep under the South Atlantic Ocean to under . . .