More than 150,000 oil and gas wells sit idle and unplugged across Texas. These wells often outlast their cash-strapped owners, who leave them behind after they die, go bankrupt or dissolve their ...

Join us on a charming journey through Wells, Somerset—England’s smallest city with a big story to tell. From the majestic Wells Cathedral to hidden medieval streets and tranquil gardens, this ...

Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells. Oil and gas wells with no active owner ...

The model was trained on about one hundred maps, and was used to sort through topographical maps spanning 45 years. By Mack DeGeurin Published Dec 5, 2024 2:25 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

BOARDMAN, Ore. — Newly released maps from the Oregon Health Authority reveal the scope of groundwater contamination in an area of the state known as the Lower Umatilla Basin, an issue that the state ...

As firefighters continue to battle more than two dozen active wildfires in California, new research has found that millions of people are living close to oil and gas wells that are in the potential ...