 Unexpectedly!
A method of storing supposedly harmful greenhouse gases by injecting them below ground has likely triggered a series of earthquakes in Texas, some larger than magnitude 3, a U.S. study said Monday, the first time that carbon storage has been linked to temblors ranging from 3.0 to 4.4 in severity.
Water injection could not have explained these quakes, which came after a period of 24 years in which no earthquakes were detected, the researchers said. The study was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
I wonder how this got past Champ's Censor Czar? |