Ryan Pollyea is unearthing new ways to store carbon dioxide

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impact 4:42 Ryan Pollyea is unearthing new ways to store carbon dioxide

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Ray Meese

21 Jan 2026 255

Pollyea and a team of undergraduate and graduate geology students are breaking ground every day, trying to unearth new ways to take large amounts of carbon dioxide generated mostly by industries, pumping it at least two miles beneath the earth’s surface, and storing it to reduce its harmful effects on the atmosphere.

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