"Stashing Carbon Dioxide In Rocks"

"Basalt formations off the East Coast of the U.S. could suck up a billion tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study. Paleontologist Paul Olsen, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, explains how to get the CO2 into the rocks, and why scientists believe it won't leak out."

Ira Flatow reports NPR's Talk of the Nation January 8, 2010.