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A group of pump wells clustered in an open area on Bureau of Land Management land in California
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Oil, Gas, and COVID-19

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 November 202419 November 2024

Early in the pandemic, people living near oil and gas wells experienced higher rates of COVID-19 and related mortality compared with those with no exposure to well pollution.

Diagram from the study.
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Hydraulic Fractures Are Lazy

by Douglas R. Schmitt 19 April 20248 July 2024

The layering of rock masses can help constrain and focus the growth of hydraulic fractures.

An oil rig surrounded by a green wall sits on a dirt landscape. Three people, surrounded by boxes and bags, sit in the dirt and examine instruments.
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Anthropocene Activities Dramatically Alter Deep Underground Fluid Flux

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 17 April 202417 April 2024

Scientists call for improved understanding of how our influence on deep subsurface fluids and microbes might affect the larger Earth system.

A natural gas processing facility in Austria
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Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry Are Triple Current Estimates

by Nathaniel Scharping 15 April 202415 April 2024

A new study using aerial data reveals that fossil fuel extraction and processing are responsible for far more methane than previously believed.

Fishing boats drive through a channel near Dulac, Lousiana.
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Mapping Sinking Land for Tribal Resilience in Louisiana

by Grace van Deelen 29 February 202425 March 2024

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi Chitimacha Choctaw Tribe has been losing land to the sea, which could hamper efforts to gain federal recognition.

Scientists on a boat lowering a seismometer into the water.
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The Not-So-Silent Depths

by Gaye Bayrakci and Frauke Klingelhoefer 9 February 202412 February 2024

A new book reveals that ocean depths are far from silent voids, but are actually alive with noise.

Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley sip from mugs during a commercial break at the CNN Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Candidates Commit to Fossil Fuels at Iowa’s Republican Debate

by Grace van Deelen 11 January 202416 January 2024

On the debate stage and at a separate town hall, DeSantis, Haley, and Trump downplayed climate change in favor of energy independence.

Sedimentos de varios tamaños yacen sobre el fondo marino. Un aura de rayos de sol brilla sobre el océano azul oscuro.
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Arenas de aguas profundas y dónde encontrarlas

by Emily Shepherd 2 October 20232 October 2023

Antiguas avalanchas submarinas llevaron arena al abismo oceánico en el momento en que algunos menos lo esperaban.

Two graphs from the paper.
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Using Bayesian Estimation to Improve Methane Inventories

by Donald Wuebbles 21 August 202315 August 2023

A Bayesian, optimal estimation evaluation of state-of-the-art methane inventory with satellite-based emissions from 2009 to 2018 finds substantial differences for livestock, rice, and coal emissions.

Sediments of various sizes sit on the seafloor. A blossoming, white sunbeam flares against the blue backdrop of the sea.
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Deep-Sea Sand and Where to Find It

by Emily Shepherd 30 March 202314 March 2024

Ancient underwater avalanches carried sand into the ocean’s abyss during a time when some least expected it.

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