Results of a new study show that there’s still much to be improved when it comes to the treatment of the byproducts of hydraulic fracturing, which has become a popular method of oil and gas extraction in US and Canada over the past decade. Researchers sampled sediments and porewaters from a lake downstream from two […]
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Scientists propose ‘roadmap’ to determine the impact of fracking
An international review highlights the knowledge gaps related to the ecological consequences of shale gas development, and sets priorities for future research. The authors point out that shale-drilling operations have increased by more than 700 per cent in the United States since 2007 and that it has occurred mostly in areas of biological diversity, yet […]
