By Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, Michigan State University, Aurora Torres, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ecology, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Jodi Brandt, Assistant Professor – Human Environment Systems, Boise State University, and Kristen Lear, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Georgia. Sand for use in hydraulic fracturing operations at a processing plant in…