A computer program is diving deep into water quality data from Pennsylvania, helping scientists detect potential environmental impacts of Marcellus Shale gas drilling.
Environment
Dec 7, 2016
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The whole Areas of Great Britain earmarked for fracking may contain some of the country's richest wildlife sites, scientists have found in the biggest ever mapping study of UK biodiversity.
Ecology
Oct 17, 2016
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As the Government gives the go-ahead to resume fracking in the UK, a new survey from The University of Nottingham has shown that public support for the extraction and use of shale gas has fallen from over 58 per cent in July ...
Environment
Oct 13, 2016
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Adding CO2 instead of water to the cocktail used in fracking, could boost oil and gas extraction and help fight global warming at the same time, scientists said Tuesday.
Environment
Jun 21, 2016
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Campaigners in Britain said Tuesday they would take their fight against fracking national after the first scheme since 2011 was given the green light.
Environment
May 24, 2016
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Potential future fracking activity in the UK is unlikely to pose a pollution danger to overlying aquifers, new research from a leading academic suggests.
Environment
Apr 28, 2016
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A test has been developed to check for contamination of shallow groundwater from unconventional gas extraction techniques, such as fracking.
Environment
Apr 22, 2016
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Fear of fracking can have negative effects on the UK housing market around shale gas sites, economic researchers have warned. The research team, from the University of Bristol, the London School of Economics and Duke University ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2016
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Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have discovered high levels of a toxic element in rock samples taken from an area of the UK targeted for shale gas extraction.
Environment
Dec 23, 2015
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Britain awarded scores of new licences for onshore shale exploration on Thursday in a move that opponents say could lead to controversial fracking beneath protected countryside.
Environment
Dec 17, 2015
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