• DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-8970-0
• Corpus ID: 36554832

Extensive review of shale gas environmental impacts from scientific literature (2010–2015)

@article{Costa2017ExtensiveRO,
  title={Extensive review of shale gas environmental impacts from scientific literature (2010–2015)},
  author={D. Costa and Jo{\~a}o M. Jesus and David Alves Castelo Branco and Anthony S. Danko and Ant{\'o}nio Fi{\'u}za},
  journal={Environmental Science and Pollution Research},
  year={2017},
  volume={24},
  pages={14579-14594}
}

• D. Costa, J. Jesus, +2 authors A. Fiúza
• Published 28 April 2017
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Extensive reviews and meta-analyses are essential to summarize emerging developments in a specific field and offering information on the current trends in the scientific literature. Shale gas exploration and exploitation has been extensively debated in literature, but a comprehensive review of recent studies on the environmental impacts has yet to be carried out. Therefore, the goal of this article is to systematically examine scientific articles published between 2010 and 2015 and identify recent advances and existing data gaps. The examined articles were classified into six main categories (water resources, atmospheric emissions, land use, induced seismicity, occupational and public health and safety, and other impacts). These categories are analyzed separately to identify specific challenges, possibly existing consensus and data gaps yet remained in the literature.