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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Over a very short period of time

"This means that we can pump down large amounts of CO2 and store it in a very safe way over a very short period of time," said study co-author Martin Stute from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, US" (BBC.)

Does the adverbial "over a very short period of time" refer to "pump down" or "store" or both in the above?
  

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Anonymous oes the adverbial "over a very short period of time" refer to "pump down" or "store" or both in the above? 'Over' suggests storage to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous oes the adverbial "over a very short period of time" refer to "pump down" or "store" or both in the above?
  • 'Over' suggests storage to me.
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Anonymousoes the adverbial "over a very short period of time" refer to "pump down" or "store" or both in the above?
'Over' suggests storage to me.
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Neither of them makes much sense though, you would pump it 'quickly' and if you are going to the trouble of storing it why for only a short period of time?
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You must read it in context. It's describing a process for CO2 sequestration. They can sequester large amounts of CO2 very quickly for long-term (geological time frames) storage underground.

Scientists and engineers working at a major power plant in Iceland have shown for the first time that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to a solid within
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This is not very well written at all though, is it? Is the CO2 being pumped very slowly - unlikely. Does it languish in some underground chamber for three months until it spontaneously solidifies? Or is it continuously recycled? (Not that I really care!)
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Answering my own question, apparently it is pumped into ' deep geological formations' where the magic happens. Who knew?
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Anonymous"This means that we can pump down large amounts of CO2 and store it in a very safe way over a very short period of time," said study co-author Martin Stute from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, US" (BBC.)Does the adverbial "over a very short period of time" refer to "pump down" or "store" or both in the above?
Given the full con
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Vic ZOr is it continuously recycled? (Not that I really care!)
Engineers and scientists are experimenting with techniques to quell the emission of greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The increased concentration of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere is forecast to cause global warming and a whole mess of unpleasant consequences, such
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