La rivista Science anticipa il rapporto Ichese che getta un'ombra sulle trivellazioni
Il terremoto del 2012 «potrebbe essere stato innescato dall’estrazione di petrolio in un sito locale».
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Ecco la sintesi che fa Science del rapporto Ichese: l’articolo completo è pubblicato sull’edizione dell’11 aprile della rivista scientifica.
«Seismology: Human Activity May Have Triggered Fatal Italian Earthquakes, Panel Says.
Edwin Cartlidge*
In an as-yet-unpublished report, an international panel of geoscientists has concluded that a pair of deadly earthquakes that struck the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna in 2012 could have been triggered by the extraction of petroleum at a local oil field. Fear of humanmade seismicity has already sparked fierce opposition against new oil and gas drilling efforts in Italy, and some say the report could lead the country's regional presidents to turn down new requests for fossil-fuel exploration».