Jekyll2024-02-03T07:31:52-08:00https://jaywen.com/feed.xmlTao Wenhydrogeochemist and data scientist<a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduA Machine Learning Approach to Freshwater Analysis2023-07-06T00:00:00-07:002023-07-06T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2023/07/a-machine-learning-approach-to-freshwater-analysis<p>Original news: <a href="https://news.syr.edu/blog/2023/07/06/a-machine-learning-approach-to-freshwater-analysis/" target="_blank">Syracuse University News</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: From protecting biodiversity to ensuring the safety of drinking water, the biochemical makeup of rivers and streams around the United States is critical for human and environmental welfare. Studies have found that human activity and urbanization are driving salinization (increased salt content) of freshwater sources across the country. In excess, salinity can make water undrinkable, increase the cost of treating water, and harm freshwater fish and wildlife.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: Syracuse University NewsWhen It Comes to the Environmental Impact of Hydrofracking vs. Conventional Gas/Oil Drilling, Research Shows the Differences May Be Minimal2021-07-14T00:00:00-07:002021-07-14T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2021/07/oil-gas-drilling-minimal<p>Original news: <a href="https://news.syr.edu/blog/2021/07/14/when-it-comes-to-the-environmental-impact-of-hydrofracking-vs-conventional-gas-oil-drilling-research-shows-the-differences-may-be-minimal/" target="_blank">Syracuse University News</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country’s dependence on foreign oil and provided financial relief to U.S. consumers, but have also raised longstanding concerns about environmental damage, such as groundwater contamination. A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences and a team of scientists from Penn State have developed a new machine learning technique to holistically assess water quality data in order to detect groundwater samples likely impacted by recent methane leakage during oil and gas production. Using that model, the team concluded that unconventional drilling methods like hydraulic fracturing—or hydrofracking—do not necessarily incur more environmental problems than conventional oil and gas drilling.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: Syracuse University NewsFracking: health claims unproven so far2021-01-11T00:00:00-08:002021-01-11T00:00:00-08:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2021/01/health-claims-unproven-so-far-ngw<p>Original news: <a href="https://www.naturalgasworld.com/fracking-health-claims-unproven-so-far-ngw-magazine-84447" target="_blank">Natural Gas World</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: Shale development has been booming for around a decade in the US, and while research into its health impacts has advanced, it still has some catching up to do. [NGW Magazine Volume 6, Issue 1]</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: Natural Gas WorldCompiled Resources for Online Teaching and Communication2020-05-08T00:00:00-07:002020-05-08T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2020/06/resources-of-online-teaching<p>This post will be dynamically updated probably in the next a couple of months as I learn more. Stay tuned!</p>
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<li>Zoom: <a href="https://zoom.us/" target="_blank">Link</a>
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<li>This is probably the most popular webinar or online meeting tools supported by many universities.</li>
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<li>Google Meet: <a href="https://meet.google.com/" target="_blank">Link</a>
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<li>Free</li>
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<li>Microsoft Teams: <a href="https://teamsdemo.office.com/" target="_blank">Link</a></li>
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<li>OBS Studio: <a href="https://obsproject.com/" target="_blank">Link</a>
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<li>This is an open source software allowing you to integrate multiple threads of video and audio for recording and streaming. It is available on multiple OS platforms and supports a variety of streaming platforms.</li>
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<li>Adobe Premiere Pro</li>
<li>OpenShot Video Editor: <a href="https://www.openshot.org/" target="_blank">Link</a>
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<li>Free version of Adobe Premiere Pro</li>
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</ul><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduThis post will be dynamically updated probably in the next a couple of months as I learn more. Stay tuned!Marcellus Shale: Researchers bring new tools to identify methane sources2018-06-19T00:00:00-07:002018-06-19T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2018/06/bradford-co-improve-apnews<p>Original news: <a href="https://apnews.com/b3cecd15c46d4feb88974b17a033f892" target="_blank">AP News</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: New research suggests drinking water supplies in Pennsylvania have shown resilience in the face of a drilling boom that has turned swaths of countryside into a major production zone for natural gas. Two new studies that looked at groundwater chemistry did not find much of an impact from horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — the techniques that allow energy companies to extract huge volumes of oil and gas from shale rock deep underground. The results suggest that, as a whole, groundwater supplies appear to have held their own against the energy industry’s exploitation of the Marcellus Shale, a rock layer more than a mile underground that holds the nation’s largest reservoir of natural gas.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: AP NewsStudy: Bradford County water quality improving despite shale gas drilling2018-06-18T00:00:00-07:002018-06-18T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2018/06/bradford-co-improve-stateimpact-pa-npr<p>Original news: <a href="https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2018/06/18/study-bradford-county-water-quality-improving-despite-shale-gas-drilling/" target="_blank">StateImpact Pennsylvania NPR</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: Tao Wen, a post-doctoral scholar at Penn State and lead author on the paper, said their methods and findings differed from previous studies. “Rare methane contamination cases are consistent with the overall observation that shale gas production has not downgraded the average groundwater quality overall over time,” Wen said. The team recently reported their findings in the journal <a href="/files/Wen_2018_EST.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Science & Technology</a>.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: StateImpact Pennsylvania NPRPenn State Study Finds Water Quality Impacts Rare Near Shale Wells2018-06-15T00:00:00-07:002018-06-15T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2018/06/bradford-co-improve-ngi<p>Original news: <a href="http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/114741-penn-state-study-finds-water-quality-impacts-rare-near-shale-wells" target="_blank">NGI</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: A Pennsylvania State University study that utilized reams of data from producers, the state and the U.S. Geological Survey, found little evidence of natural gas contaminating groundwater in Bradford County, a hotbed for unconventional drilling. The team recently reported their findings in the journal <a href="/files/Wen_2018_EST.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Science & Technology</a>.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: NGIMarcellus Shale: Researchers bring new tools to identify methane sources2018-06-14T00:00:00-07:002018-06-14T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2018/06/bradford-co-improve-eenews<p>Original news: <a href="https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2018/06/14/stories/1060084453" target="_blank">Energywire</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: A new data-crunching technique developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State University could help provide a clearer picture of how shale gas development is affecting groundwater in the Marcellus Shale gas field. The team recently reported their findings in the journal <a href="/files/Wen_2018_EST.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Science & Technology</a>.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: EnergywireBradford County water quality improves; impacts rare near shale gas wells2018-06-12T00:00:00-07:002018-06-12T00:00:00-07:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2018/06/bradford-co-improve<p>Original news: <a href="http://news.psu.edu/story/524986/2018/06/12/research/bradford-co-water-quality-improves-impacts-rare-near-shale-gas" target="_blank">PSU News</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: Unlike previous studies, our findings show that groundwater quality might even be improving in an area heavily exploited for shale gas — northeastern Bradford in PA. In addition, data-mining highlighted a few, rare sites of possible methane contamination close to seven shale gas wells and a few conventional wells. Such sites should be sampled and studied in the field. Rare methane contamination cases are consistent with the overall observation that shale gas production has not downgraded the average groundwater quality overall over time. The team recently reported their findings in the journal <a href="/files/Wen_2018_EST.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Science & Technology</a>.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: PSU NewsData driven dialogue: Scientists bring groups together on water quality concerns2018-01-31T00:00:00-08:002018-01-31T00:00:00-08:00https://jaywen.com/posts/2018/01/data-driven-dialogue<p>Original news: <a href="http://news.psu.edu/story/503237/2018/01/31/impact/data-driven-dialogue-scientists-bring-groups-together-water-quality" target="_blank">PSU News</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: A shared interest in gathering, discussing and improving water quality data among diverse groups (i.e., concerned citizens, watershed groups, government regulators and personnel from large energy companies) can lead to productive conversations that data alone cannot address, the scientists reported in <a href="/files/Brantley_2018_Science.pdf" target="_blank">an article published in the journal Science</a>.</p><a style='color: #f76900;'>Dr. Tao Wen</a>twen08@syr.eduOriginal news: PSU News