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| Earlier this month, the U.S. took an important step toward opening up Alaska's outer continental shelf— one of world's most pristine and inhospitable marine environments—to oil and gas development. |
Experts answer your questions about the environmental risks and energy benefits of drilling in the Arctic.
What are the risks to Arctic ecosystems from oil and gas development? Have cleanup efforts improved since last year's gulf oil
spill? And what impact will the decision to open Alaska's outer continental shelf have on drilling elsewhere around the globe?
ScienceLive,
a live weekly chat on the hottest topics in science hosted by the award-winning news department of the journal Science, gives readers access to the world's top scientists. Join the live chat
at 3 p.m. EDT TODAY, Thursday, 18 August, to ask Michael Macrander, Shell's leading ecologist in Alaska, and Henry Huntington, science
director at the Pew Environment Group's arctic program, about the environmental risks and energy benefits of drilling in the Arctic. You can leave your questions in the comment box before the chat starts.
A transcript of the chat will be available afterward if you miss it live.