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Future dustbowl? Fracking ravages Great Plains land and waterRadford,Tim http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2852559/future_dustbowl_fracking_ravages_great_plains_land_and_water.htmlPublisher: Ecologist Date Written: 04/05/2015 Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17519 The fracking boom has caused massive vegetation loss over North America's rangelands, as 3 million hectares have been occupied by oil and gas infrastructure and 34 billion cubic metres of water have been pumped from semi-arid ecosystems. Subject Headings |