U.S. Geological Survey: Illegal Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumps Disrupt Foundations of Fragile Desert Ecosystems
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
RESTON, Virginia, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on April 3, 2024:
Illegal dumping of oil and gas wastewater disrupts the microbes in desert ecosystems of southeast New Mexico and West Texas, according to a U.S. Geological Survey-led team that included researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso and the Bureau of Land Management.
The study sampled five sites, from a set of illega . . .
Illegal dumping of oil and gas wastewater disrupts the microbes in desert ecosystems of southeast New Mexico and West Texas, according to a U.S. Geological Survey-led team that included researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso and the Bureau of Land Management.
The study sampled five sites, from a set of illega . . .