Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage (QICS)

Project overview

QICS (Quantifying and monitoring environmental impacts of geological carbon storage) was a program funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), with support from the Scottish Government (May 2010 - December 2014) with two objectives. Firstly, to assess if any significant environmental impact would arise, if a leak from sub-sea, deep geological storage of carbon dioxide occurred. Secondly, to test and recommend tools and strategies for monitoring for (or assuring the absence of) leakage at the sea floor and in overlying waters.

The project included a world first leakage simulation in the natural environment. (Taylor et al., 2015. A novel sub-seabed CO2 release experiment informing monitoring and impact assessment for geological carbon storage. Int J Greenhouse Gas Control. DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.09.007)

Research outputs

No evidence for impacts to the molecular ecophysiology of ion or CO2 regulation in tissues of selected surface-dwelling bivalves in the vicinity of a sub-seabed CO2 release

Nicola Pratt,

Benjamin J. Ciotti,

Elizabeth A. Morgan,

Peter Taylor,

Henrik Stahl,

& Chris Hauton

, 2015 , International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , 38 , 193--201

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.10.001

Type: article

Developments since 2005 in understanding potential environmental impacts of CO2 leakage from geological storage

D.G. Jones,

S.E. Beaubien,

J.C. Blackford,

E.M. Foekema,

J. Lions,

C. De Vittor,

J.M. West,

S. Widdicombe,

C. Hauton,

& A.M. Queirós

, 2015 , International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , 40 , 350--377

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.05.032

Type: article

A novel sub-seabed CO2 release experiment informing monitoring and impact assessment for geological carbon storage

Peter Taylor,

Henrik Stahl,

Mark E. Vardy,

Jonathan M. Bull,

Maxine Akhurst,

Chris Hauton,

Rachel H. James,

Anna Lichtschlag,

Dave Long,

Dmitry Aleynik,

Matthew Toberman,

Mark Naylor,

Douglas Connelly,

Dave Smith,

Martin D.J. Sayer,

Steve Widdicombe,

Ian C. Wright,

& Jerry Blackford

, 2015 , International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , 38 , 3--17

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.09.007

Type: article

Marine baseline and monitoring strategies for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)

Jerry Blackford,

Jonathan M. Bull,

Melis Cevatoglu,

Douglas Connelly,

Chris Hauton,

Rachael H. James,

Anna Lichtschlag,

Henrik Stahl,

Steve Widdicombe,

& Ian C. Wright

, 2015 , International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , 38 , 221--229

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.10.004

Type: article

Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage

Jerry Blackford,

Henrik Stahl,

Jonathan M. Bull,

Benoît J.P. Bergès,

Melis Cevatoglu,

Anna Lichtschlag,

Douglas Connelly,

Rachael H. James,

Jun Kita,

Dave Long,

Mark Naylor,

Kiminori Shitashima,

Dave Smith,

Peter Taylor,

Ian Wright,

Maxine Akhurst,

Baixin Chen,

Tom M. Gernon,

Chris Hauton,

Masatoshi Hayashi,

Hideshi Kaieda,

Timothy G. Leighton,

Toru Sato,

Martin D.J. Sayer,

Masahiro Suzumura,

Karen Tait,

Mark E. Vardy,

Paul R. White,

& Steve Widdicombe

, 2014 , Nature Climate Change , 4 , 1011--1016

DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2381

Type: article