Can fracking power Europe?

¹Mason Inman is a reporter in Oakland, California. Travel for this article was supported by the European Geosciences Union's Science Journalism Fellowship.

Nature 531(7592):p 22-24, March 3, 2016. | DOI: 10.1038/531022a

Several countries hope to unleash vast natural-gas reserves through fracking, but drilling attempts have been disappointing.