Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees." Videos circulate of loud, ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

As we head into the weekend, a major winter storm system is going to slide some of the coldest air we’ve felt in years right over Michigan - and we’re going to be in a deep freeze for a few days. How ...

As Wisconsin and much of the upper Midwest prepare for rapidly dropping subzero temperatures, some viral social media posts warn people to watch out for "exploding trees." The phenomenon, while ...

Public Service Company of Oklahoma is asking a judge to block Rogers County leaders from using zoning laws to prevent the company from building additional generators on company-owned land. PSO owns ...

ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. — Public Service Company of Oklahoma is suing Rogers County after officials blocked its more than $539 million plan to expand a decades-old power plant in Oologah. PSO says its ...

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission approves PSO’s request to purchase a power plant in Jenks. PSO first asked OCC to buy the Green Country Power Plant from Tokyo-based J-Power back in September. The ...

OKLAHOMA — Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) has filed a rate review with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that would lead to a rate increase for residential customers. If the request is ...

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Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood. A black oak in the Yale-Myers Forest of northern ...

PSO received final approval for a rate hike of $12 a month for the average residential customer from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. But, because fuel costs to generate electricity are down, the ...

Fake trees have been around for longer than you might think—but how do they compare to real trees when it comes to sustainability and your health? In some countries, artificial Christmas trees are ...