Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Project

Last updated:13 October 2021

Monitoring the effectiveness of geological storage of CO2 is a challenging task because CO2 is naturally present in the atmosphere, soil, ocean and groundwater. Geoscience Australia collaborates with a number of organisations to develop and test techniques and tools to detect and quantify CO2.

Greenhouse gas monitoring project, 2009–2015

The Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Project was established in 2009 as part of Geoscience Australia's Carbon Capture and Storage Program and concluded in 2015. The primary aim for the project was to assess monitoring techniques for geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) and collect regional atmospheric and groundwater baseline data in selected onshore areas. The work assisted government and industry to determine best practice in this emerging field. Follow the links below to find out more about each aspect of the project, including publications and datasets from the project

Monitoring the effectiveness of geological storage of CO2 is a challenging task because CO2 is present naturally in the atmosphere, soil, ocean and groundwater. Geoscience Australia collaborated with a number of organisations to investigate techniques that could detect and quantify CO2 migration or leakage.

Remotely operated, atmospheric greenhouse gas baseline station (Arcturus) trialled in central Queensland (GA-CSIRO)

Installation of monitoring equipment at the GA-CO2CRC Ginninderra Controlled Release Facility

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