By 
Mia Nacamulli
 | 
TED-Ed Original

How does fracking work?

Deep underground lie stores of once-inaccessible natural gas. There's a technology called hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" that can extract this natural gas potentially powering us for decades to come. So how does fracking work and why is it a source of such heated controversy? Mia Nacamulli explains the ins and outs of fracking.

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