Going Below to Go Beyond: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Going Below to Go Beyond: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage begins with the relationship between carbon and life, inviting visitors to rediscover carbon not simply as an environmental villain, but as an essential element in Earth’s systems and the evolution of life. However, since the Industrial Revolution, humans have burned vast amounts of fossil fuels to support industrial development and modern life, rapidly returning carbon long stored underground to the atmosphere and disrupting the balance of the natural carbon cycle.
Through graphics, models, and interactive exhibits, the exhibition introduces how carbon circulates in nature and how emissions from industry and everyday life affect the environment. It also explores how people are seeking solutions to climate change, from reducing emissions at the source and strengthening natural and engineered carbon sinks to developing carbon capture, utilization, and geological storage technologies. The exhibition invites visitors to consider how science, engineering, and everyday actions can work together to build a lower-carbon future.