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1 online resource (153 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Reviews and explains some of the key peer-reviewed, independent scientific studies related to shale gas and its production as well as the extraction of other fuel sources and the storage of waste products associated with them. Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy explains the relevant geological principles before examining the peer-reviewed evidence and presenting it through a simple and compelling illustrated narrative. Each chapter focuses on a particular controversy, such contamination of well water with gas from fracking, and follows a similar format: starting with the principles; then detailing peer-reviewed case studies for earthquakes, radioactivity, and climate change; and concluding with a judgment of the general risks involved. Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy provides readers with the unbiased information they need to make informed decisions on the controversial issue of fracking. The Fuss about Shale -- Shale, Shale Everywhere -- To Frack or Not to Frack? -- Gas in Our Water? -- Did the Earth Move? -- The Shale Gas Factory -- Shale Gas and Climate -- Keeping Watch -- The Science behind the Controversy. Michael Stephenson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Gas well drilling Environmental aspects Hydraulic fracturing Environmental aspects Shale gas industry Environmental aspects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Mining Gas well drilling Environmental aspects TD195.G3 S77 2015e TN880.2 .S74 2015eb 622.3385 Stephenson, Michael. Burlington : Elsevier Science, �2015 (OCoLC)908384034 9780128017623 0128017627 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128016060 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128016060 N$T 150206 20190328114810.0 ocn902846574 eng