In August of 2017, central Oklahoma experienced 7 earthquakes within a span of a little over 28 hours. There may be a single practice to blame. The increased usage of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to harvest natural gas from Oklahoma shale is potentially having detrimental effects on the state’s environment.
Many people believe that urban environments are less susceptible to climate stress, like extreme temperatures and drought, because of their access to water. Dr. Heather McCarthy at the University of Oklahoma found that in OKC climate stress proved greater than expected.
Global warming is a phenomenon that has become almost a buzzword in recent years, and most people are familiar with the effects it has on the climate. One of these effects includes more severe and […]
During spring, summer, and even fall, flowers are all around us. The process of flowering however is not at all simple. When a plant flowers depends on a complex system of signals and factors. Temperature […]
Compounds in the atmosphere such as methane (CH4) are in a constant state of flux. Flux is the process of a substance or compound flowing into or out of a system, in this post, CH4 […]
Who is the newest model cell in the plant kingdom? That’s right, you guessed it, the fashionable root hair cell. Root hair cells have recently made progress toward becoming one of the next model cell […]
