Study Finds That Wastewater Injections Cause Man-Made Earthquakes, but the Risk Can Be Reduced Through Monitoring

Friday, September 23, 2016 - 12:01 in Earth & Climate

Injecting wastewater deep underground as a byproduct of oil and gas extraction techniques that include fracking causes man-made earthquakes, the lead author of new research from Arizona State University said Thursday

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