The permanent storage of CO₂ in deep geological structures is seen as a possibility to gain more time regarding the development and introduction of low-CO₂ energy technologies and, world wide, becomes more and more important in the 21st century.
The focus of this research project lies in the development and assessment of reliable, efficient and cost-effective monitoring concepts, in order to detect and characterise possible near-surface CO₂- leakages.

Through the combination of analytic, hydrogeological and geophysical procedures, leakages could be targeted, localised and quantified. The interactions of the rising CO₂ with the adjacent structures could be assessed as well.

In this context, exhalations from magmatic, CO₂-rich degassing zones are investigated for risk-assessment purposes.