Open AccessIs the Shale Boom Reversing Progress in Curbing Ozone Pollution?
Author(s) -
Gunnar W. Schade,
Geoffrey Roest
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo028279
Subject(s) - reversing , boom , oil shale , environmental science , pollution , natural resource economics , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , waste management , biology , ecology , automotive engineering
Concentrations of volatile organic compounds—precursors to ground-level ozone formation—are on the rise in areas over and downwind of a major shale oil and gas field in Texas.