Dartmouth Scientist Develops Fracking Fluid Tracer

A way to detect fracking fluids in wastewater

Innovator: Nathaniel Warner
Age: 36
Postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College’s department of earth sciences

Form and function: Warner found a better way to determine when fracking fluids are responsible for wastewater pollution without knowing the exact ingredients of the fluids, which vary and are often proprietary.