Researcher keeps ear to the ground on impact of fracking
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 06:00
in Earth & Climate
University of Alberta geophysicist Mirko van der Baan is a great listener. For 15 years, he's been eavesdropping on oil and gas production deep beneath the ground. Now, he's part of a research team working to help industry minimize the unintended consequences of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.