As a branch of astronomy, star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium (ISM) and giant molecular clouds (GMC) as precursors to the star formation process, and the study of protostars and young stellar objects as its immediate products.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) (or carbon capture and sequestration) is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources, such as fossil fuel power plants, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally an underground geological formation.
One of the ideas for mitigating climate change, then, is removing carbon pollution from the air and burying it deep underground. Itâs called carbon capture and storage (CCS), and the technology still has a long way to go before it's feasible. CarbFix, a $10 million project in Iceland, is working on a solution to one of the major challenges of this approach: How to make sure the carbon stays in the ground.