The prospect of global climate change fueled by the increase of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere ? attributed by many climate scientists to the activities of man ? has mobilized governments worldwide, including the United States, to examine ways to decrease the emission of carbon dioxide to our atmosphere from anthropogenic sources. One promising option is through carbon capture and geological storage (CCGS) ? capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) before it is released into the atmosphere and storing it in underground geologic formations.