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It's been described as a major breakthrough in the battle to tackle climate change. Scientists think they have found a new way to store carbon dioxide emissions blamed for warming the planet - by turning them into stone. Dr Juerg Matter, from the University of Southampton in Britain, is one of the study's authors.

(Photo: The reactions in the volcanic rock in Iceland produced immobile carbonates (white deposits). Credit: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)