earthquakes Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:29:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Two Independent Studies Link Fracking To Increased Seismic Activity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/two-independent-studies-link-fracking-increased-seismic-activity-20130906/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/two-independent-studies-link-fracking-increased-seismic-activity-20130906/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:28:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41408 New evidence that links hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to increased seismic activity, has posed additional threats from water contamination and pollution to citizens living nearby drilling sites. Two independent research groups revealed that disposal of wastewater used in the process of gas extraction triggers shifts in earthquakes epicenters and initiates ground-shaking in areas, where it […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/two-independent-studies-link-fracking-increased-seismic-activity-20130906/feed/ 0 41408 Natural Gas Fracking Linked to Increased Seismic Activity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-gas-fracking-linked-to-increased-seismic-activity-20130725/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-gas-fracking-linked-to-increased-seismic-activity-20130725/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:34:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39866 Natural gas extraction techniques vary, but fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has been linked to water pollution, methane emissions, and even increased seismic activity [read: Earthquakes]. Fracking has turned out to be very controversial. Fracking is an extraction process that involved injecting pressurized fluids into the shale layer of stone containing natural gas or petroleum. The […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-gas-fracking-linked-to-increased-seismic-activity-20130725/feed/ 0 39866 Underground Carbon Storage Could Cause Earthquakes, Scientists Warn https://www.greenoptimistic.com/underground-carbon-storage-could-cause-earthquakes-scientists-warn-20120620/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/underground-carbon-storage-could-cause-earthquakes-scientists-warn-20120620/#respond Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:08:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25121 A part of the scientific community involved in plans for recovering the state of the climate change we’re transitioning has been relying for a while on large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the most viable way to offset carbon emissions by burying carbon underground, in saline aquifers. Two Stanford researchers, Mark Zoback and […]

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