Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times  reports

Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers.

A Times analysis shows that increasingly complex oil and gas wells now require astonishing volumes of water to fracture the bedrock and release fossil fuels, threatening America’s fragile aquifers.

Read more at ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.