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What’s up with North Dakota? There’s a spot in the middle of nowhere that has pollution levels on par with major metro areas.
by karagenit 3y ago
What’s up with North Dakota? There’s a spot in the middle of nowhere that has pollution levels on par with major metro areas.
- richiebful1 3y agoProbably fracking rigs. Where I'm from in the Marcellus shale region of Western Pennsylvania, you can see rigs on top of hills for miles when the leaves are down in winter Edit: This map of Bakken Formation rigs correlates to their location in Western ND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_Formation#/media/File:Bakken_Wells_2008.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_Formation#/media/File:B...
- Nicholas_C 3y agoI noticed that as well, it’s gas flaring from O&G production. You can see similar patches south of San Antonio (the Eagle Ford shale) and in West Texas (the Permian Basin) and probably a few other spots too.
- boomboomsubban 3y agoWhen extracting or processing natural gas, it's common to burn off some of the byproduct in a process known as "flaring." It creates massive amounts of light pollution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare Those are the gas and oil fields of North Dakota.