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Predicting the amount of seismic activity from wastewater injection is difficult because it involves numerous variables

Computer model and field experiment data suggest a new link between subsurface injections and earthquake swarms

Accurately predicting fracture mechanics can help industry optimize pumping, fracturing-fluid viscosity, and other parameters

Freshwater mussels can be used as chemical recorders of fracking pollutants in waterways

The intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing

Researchers saw increases in the size and number of fat cells in laboratory models following exposure, even at diluted concentrations

Oklahoma has been a seismic hotspot for the past decade

Significant seismic hazard continues despite recent reductions in injection of wastewater from oil and gas production, seismologists say

Finding means that existing tools to predict shaking damage can be applied to both types

UCR research expands efforts to provide clean water for the world's growing population