Geochemical monitoring for carbon capture and storage projects: Quantifying risk through statistical methods

Payne Institute Geothermal and Low Carbon Technologies Program Manager Anna Littlefield, Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, and Joel Moore write about how carbon capture and storage (CCS) offers a practical approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  The research analyzes publicly available, long-term (more than 3 years) geochemical datasets, focusing on alkalinity, to evaluate statistical methods for assessing geochemical anomalies. May 24, 2026.