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Friday, December 14, 2012

Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste Water from Fracking

Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste Water from Fracking

The link between a recent rise in earthquakes and wastewater disposal from shale gas wells grows stronger, though skeptics remain.
At the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco last week, scientists presented the latest evidence tying the disposal of wastewater from shale gas hydrofracking to increased earthquakes.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508151/studies-link-earthquakes-to-waste-water-from-fracking/

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