Tag Archives: Virginia

Fracking “flowback” can contain polluting brine that originates in the formation being hydraulically fractured — according to a Penn State University study of drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania and Virginia 0

Citation — to study Lara O. Haluszczak, Arthur W. Rose, and Lee R. Kump, Geochemical evaluation of flowback brine from Marcellus gas wells in Pennsylvania, USA, Applied Geochemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.002 (in press, early online publication, 25 October 2012) Citation — to press release Anne Danahy, Analysis of Marcellus flowback finds high levels of ancient brines, Penn [...]

Coyotes expanding their range eastward to Virginia mated with Great Lakes wolves along the way — an interesting research article about coyotes and red, gray, and Great Lakes wolves 0

Analyzing DNA from coyote scat Researchers screened 455 coyote scats in northern Virginia for DNA. From their abstract: Coyotes (Canis latrans) have benefitted from anthropogenic changes to North American ecosystems and have experienced a dramatic range expansion since the early 19th century. The region east of the Mississippi River has been colonized via 2 routes [...]