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The moratorium on fracking has been lifted, but what does the science say?

The government has lifted a moratorium on fracking imposed in 2019 following a series of small earthquakes caused by exploratory drilling.  The British Geological Survey was asked to investigate, we speak to two of the authors of their new report into fracking and earthquakes, seismologist Brian Baptie and Geologist Ed Hough. 

We also look at more practical aspects of fracking in the UK with Professor Richard Davies from Newcastle University, asking how to viably extract shale gas in the UK and whether, with concerns over climate change, we should really be contemplating this at all.  

The production of Bitcoin consumes as much energy as a medium sized European country. Benjamin Jones from New Mexico university and Larisa Yarovaya from Southampton Business School explain why generation of the cryptocurrency has come to require such huge amounts of energy.  

 

And we hear from Maria Fitzgerald, chair of the panel for the Royal Society book prize on what makes a good science book 

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