'Fracking' in the dark: Biological fallout of shale-gas production still largely unknown
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 02:30
in Earth & Climate
In the United States, natural-gas production from shale rock has increased by more than 700 percent since 2007. Yet scientists still do not fully understand the industry's effects on nature and wildlife, according to a report in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.