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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Natural gas development"”.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Natural Gas Development in Western Canada: A Gap Analysis
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of conventional and unconventional natural gas are primarily methane and carbon dioxide that are released in natural gas development activities. Addressing these emissions have gained attention because of recent climate commitments. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can …
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Corporate bodies and chemical bonds : an STS analysis of natural gas development in the United States
Natural gas extraction in the United States in the early 21st century has transformed social, physical, legal and biological landscapes. The technique of hydraulic fracturing, which entails the high-pressure injection into subsurface shale formations of synthetic chemical mixtures, has been viewed …
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Effect of Oil and Natural Gas Development on Survival and Health of White-tailed Deer in the Western Dakotas
<p>Oil and gas development in North Dakota has resulted in the need for information regarding how increased activity has affected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations. We evaluated white-tailed deer ecology in response to energy development and hypothesized that oil and gas …
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The Effects of natural Gas Development on Density, Reproductive Success and Nest Survival of Grassland Songbirds in South-Western Saskatchewan
Natural gas development is currently expanding in south-western Saskatchewan and may be threatening the quality of the remaining grassland habitat. The effects of natural gas development on grassland birds are poorly understood but are often species-specific and vary across the species’ range. The …
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Unconventional Natural Gas Development as a Reasonable Alternative for Energy Strategy and Policy: Implications for the People's Republic of China
This research argues that development of unconventional natural gas is a reasonable alternative for energy future of the People's Republic of China. Four major factors, including economic growth, social development, environmental constraints, and technological breakthroughs and foreign energy …
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Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Coal-Bed Natural Gas Development and West Nile Virus in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, USA
… River Basin of Montana and Wyoming are coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) development and West Nile virus (WNv). I first examined how CBNG development, habitat, and other landscape features influenced trends in the abundance of displaying males and the status of sage-grouse leks. Second, I used rates of …
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Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Coal-Bed Natural Gas Development and West Nile Virus in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, USA
… River Basin of Montana and Wyoming are coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) development and West Nile virus (WNv). I first examined how CBNG development, habitat, and other landscape features influenced trends in the abundance of displaying males and the status of sage-grouse leks. Second, I used rates of …
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Forest fragmentation mapping, change detection, and gas well site identification in remotely sensed imagery: the role of spatial resolution
… land cover/land use change associated with natural gas drilling in Appalachia. Airborne and satellite remote sensing provides a tool for examining land cover changes. Although change detection has been used in many applications related to natural and anthropogenic land cover change, little …
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Housing-Related Migration in the Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania
Since 2008, hydraulic fracturing of natural gas, or "fracking," has brought economic and environmental changes to localities in the Marcellus Shale region in Pennsylvania. In some rural counties, the sudden influx of activity associated with gas extraction created boomtowns, whereas urban areas saw …
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Spatially resolved life cycle models for the environmental footprint of electricity generation
… including on regional air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and water availability. Modeling the overall environmental impact of electricity generation requires linked simulations of power generation, air pollution physics and chemistry, greenhouse gas emissions, and water use. Tools for …
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Simulating gas production from hydraulic fracture networks : a case study of the Barnett shale
… become an extremely successful unconventional natural gas development, mainly due to the optimization of hydraulic fracturing treatments. The ideal stimulation job for the Barnett is a slickwater treatment with low proppant concentrations, because this type of waterfrac is believed to create …
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Effects of Landscape Disturbances on Autotrophic Processes Within Arkansas Ozark Streams
… increased algal growth and primary production. Natural gas (NG) infrastructure development, a recent land use change in many regions, may also stimulate forested stream primary production, by reducing forest cover and increasing sediments and nutrient transport. I sampled streams across a NG …