Environmental impact of hydrofracking vs. conventional gas/oil drilling: Research shows the differences may be minimal: Study is one of the first to use machine learning techniques to holistically assess general water quality data
Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country’s dependence on foreign oil and provided financial relief to U.S. consumers, but have also raised longstanding concerns about environmental damage, such as groundwater contamination. A researcher in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and a team of scientists from […]