CO2 sequestration

Alright kiddo, you know how we need air to breathe? Well, the air that we breathe is made up of many different things, including something called carbon dioxide or CO2.

Now, when people and animals breathe, they release CO2 into the air. And when we burn things like coal, oil, and gas, we also release a lot of CO2 into the air.

But too much CO2 in the air can cause some problems for our planet, like making it warmer and changing the climate.

That's where CO2 sequestration comes in. This is a fancy way of saying that we can capture, or "catch", the CO2 that would normally go into the air and store it somewhere else, where it won't cause problems.

There are different ways to do this, but one way is to bury the CO2 deep underground in a kind of rock called a "geological formation". This can be done by injecting the CO2 into the formation using a special kind of well.

Once the CO2 is stored underground, it will stay there for a really long time - we're talking thousands or even millions of years. And that means there will be less CO2 in the air to cause problems for our planet.

It's kind of like when we clean up our toys and put them away in a toy chest. We're keeping them safe and out of the way, just like we're keeping the CO2 safe and out of the air with CO2 sequestration.