Contaminated Environmental Samples: New Methods to Extract and Analyzeby Mike May, PhDTechnological advances have enabled us to analyze increasingly lower concentrations of chemicals
NewsFracking: Earthquakes Are Triggered Well Beyond Fluid Injection Zonesby Tufts UniversityComputer model and field experiment data suggest a new link between subsurface injections and earthquake swarms
News'Realistic' New Model Points the Way to More Efficient and Profitable Frackingby Northwestern UniversityAccurately predicting fracture mechanics can help industry optimize pumping, fracturing-fluid viscosity, and other parameters
NewsFracking Wastewater Accumulation Found in Freshwater Mussels' Shellsby Penn StateFreshwater mussels can be used as chemical recorders of fracking pollutants in waterways
NewsA Steady Increase in the Water Footprint at US Fracking Sitesby American Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing
NewsExposure to Fracking Chemicals and Wastewater Spurs Fat Cell DevelopmentResearchers saw increases in the size and number of fat cells in laboratory models following exposure, even at diluted concentrations
NewsOklahoma’s Earthquakes Strongly Linked to Wastewater Injection Depthby University of SouthamptonOklahoma has been a seismic hotspot for the past decade
NewsNew Analysis Casts Doubt on Predicted Decrease in Oklahoma Earthquakesby Tim Stephens-University of California Santa Cruz News OfficeSignificant seismic hazard continues despite recent reductions in injection of wastewater from oil and gas production, seismologists say
NewsStudy: Human-Induced and Natural Earthquakes in Central U.S. Are 'Inherently Similar'by University of MichiganFinding means that existing tools to predict shaking damage can be applied to both types
NewsSqueezing Every Drop of Fresh Water from Waste Brineby University of California - RiversideUCR research expands efforts to provide clean water for the world's growing population
NewsOil and Gas Wastewater Spills Alter Microbes in West Virginia Watersby Rutgers UniversityRutgers' Nicole Fahrenfeld leads research documenting impacts in stream water and sediments from a wastewater disposal facility