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Shale Gas and Fracking
The Science Behind the Controversy
1st Edition - February 2, 2015
Author: Michael Stephenson
Paperback ISBN:9780128016060
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eBook ISBN:9780128017623
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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… Read more
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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.
Presents a clear and unbiased view of the pros and cons of fracking in Europe and the US, through a simple and compelling narrative from an informed publicly-funded scientist
Includes full-colour diagrams, photographs, and maps to present information clearly and simply
Focuses on peer-reviewed, documented examples, particularly of earthquakes and groundwater contamination due to fracking
geoscientists, environmental scientists, state and local government, planners, industry executives and policymakers
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. The Fuss about Shale
The Game Changer
The Flip Side
Back to the Facts?
Chapter 2. Shale, Shale Everywhere
How Shale Forms
Working Out How Much Gas There Is
Resource and Reserve
North America
It All Seems So Simple
Chapter 3. To Frack or Not to Frack?
Fracking in Action
How Do Engineers Know Where the Fractures Go?
Sweet Spots
Chapter 4. Gas in Our Water?
Fracking and Groundwater
The Mystery of the Flaming Tap
So Is It Safe or Not?
Chapter 5. Did the Earth Move?
Faults and Earthquakes
Water Disposal and Earthquakes
What Is the Risk?
Chapter 6. The Shale Gas Factory
What Does It Mean for Me?
Nuisance or Real Danger?
Chapter 7. Shale Gas and Climate
So Should Shale Gas Be Left in the Ground?
Does Shale Gas Have a Place in Modern Energy?
Chapter 8. Keeping Watch
Who Owns the Gas?
Social Licence
Monitoring for Change
Improving the Quality of the Debate
Chapter 9. The Science behind the Controversy
The Value of Applied Science
Glossary
Index
No. of pages: 170
Language: English
Published: February 2, 2015
Imprint: Elsevier
Paperback ISBN: 9780128016060
eBook ISBN: 9780128017623
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Michael Stephenson
Michael Stephenson is an expert on energy and climate change and has a unique mixture of experience in modern climate and energy science, policy, “deep time” climate science, and coal and petroleum geology. He has published two books on related subjects and over 80 peer-reviewed papers. His recently published book Shale gas and fracking: the science behind the controversy (Elsevier) won an ‘honourable mention’ at the Association of American Publishers PROSE awards in Washington DC in February 2016. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Journal Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. In addition, as Chief Scientist of the British Geological Survey, Michael Stephenson has represented UK science interests in energy, as well as providing extensive advice to the UK Government.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Science and Technology, British Geological Survey, UK