An inexpensive and reusable oil-catching sponge has been developed to reclaim high-temp fracking effluents.
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An inexpensive and reusable oil-catching sponge has been developed to reclaim high-temp fracking effluents.
A re-usable sponge can capture and recover crude oil droplets from cold water to generate clean water in a fragile ecosystem.