http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/09/a-controversy-fracturing-in-the-marcellus-shale/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/09/a-controversy-fracturing-in-the-marcellus-shale/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:18:06 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23716 The organic-rich source rock of the Marcellus Shale is an on-going target for massive gas extraction. Advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, have made this extensive area of Marcellus black shale one of the largest unconventional and widely controversial gas operations in the United States today.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/09/a-controversy-fracturing-in-the-marcellus-shale/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/dead-baby-dolphins-and-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/dead-baby-dolphins-and-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:31:33 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12045 Researchers report that dead baby dolphins emerged along the shores of the Gulf, potentially an important finding in light of the spill.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/dead-baby-dolphins-and-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/feed/ 4