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Seabed scars raise questions over carbon-storage plan

Unexpected fractures above the world’s biggest storage site could provide path for leaks.

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Monastersky, R. Seabed scars raise questions over carbon-storage plan. Nature 504, 339–340 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/504339a

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