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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has a central role in decarbonization pathways (see Nature https://doi.org/qwnf; 2025). It tends to be portrayed as a cost-effective way to mitigate the effects of climate change, but many mitigation pathways require a more than hundredfold increase in use of the technology by mid-century.

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Nature 652, 266 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01009-6

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