Hydraulic fracturing – Insight Sciences

Visualizing global water risk

February 4, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

An Incredibly Detailed Map Shows The Potential Of Global Water Risks
BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com

Aqueduct, a new tool from the World Resources Institute, lets you see all the bad things that might stem from water, from droughts to floods and beyond.

Remember the drought that hit the U.S. in 2012? It was a big deal, even if it didn’t…

RT @FastCompany: Aqueduct, a new tool from the World Resources Institute, lets you see all the bad things that might stem from water: http://flip.it/Df6IF http://flip.it/dtmuP

WRI, CDP Streamline Water Risk Tools (environmentalleader.com)
‘Things Could Get Ugly’: Fracking Set to Escalate US Water Wars (commondreams.org)

A New Test To Find Out If Your Water Has Been Fracked

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Systems Science

A New Test To Find Out If Your Water Has Been Fracked
BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com

There is a lot of talk about the dangers of fracking, but few hard facts. BaseTrace’s new technology—using DNA—will let you test to see if the natural gas extraction process has contaminated your water.

Depending on whether you’ve just watche…

RT @FastCompany: A New Test To Find Out If Your Water Is Fracked, at @FastCoExist: http://flip.it/3RMKn http://flip.it/0cS5S

Fracking ‘unlikely to give UK cheap gas’, report says. (independent.co.uk)
Fracking Sites Are Polluting Our Groundwater (neboman7.wordpress.com)
Facts on Fracking: Three Things You Need to Know (theenergycollective.com)
Sign California! Support Fracking Moratorium AB 1301 Petition. 350.org Bay Area (friendnature.wordpress.com)