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Are Winter Tree Explosions a Myth or Mystery?

Much online discussion has been hovering around the subject of frozen exploding trees this winter, following multiple videos ...
Here’s how it works: During a sudden cold snap, the sap and water inside a tree’s trunk freeze and expand. If this expansion ...
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Exploding trees? A closer look at frost cracking

Frost cracks appear as vertical splits in the trunk of a tree and are the result of plant tissue expansion and contraction.
After recent warnings on social media, Don Kinzler asked readers about their own frost cracks, and they delivered.
The coldest air of the season is set to slide over the Philadelphia area this weekend, which could lead to frost quakes, ice quakes and lake quakes.
Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says it can be alarming to hear when a frost crack occurs, but frost cracks are generally ...
The original Bramley apple tree is “hanging in the balance” after the property outside which it grows was put up for sale.
The NWS office in Marquette also told residents some blowing lake effect snow was likely for Keweenaw and along Lake Superior ...
A Banbury willow tree grower is welcoming changes to the laws of cricket to allow laminated bats.
THIS is the shocking moment a manhole cover was blown off by an explosion on a Scots street. Emergency crews raced to the ...
As temperatures plunged across Florida this week, residents woke to a now familiar but still startling sight: iguanas lying ...
After spending some hands-on time messing around with several pre-configured variations of Diablo 4's new Warlock class, it’s given me another reason to look forward to diving back into one of my ...