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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 ...
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.
The NWS office in Marquette also told residents some blowing lake effect snow was likely for Keweenaw and along Lake Superior ...
As temperatures plunged across Florida this week, residents woke to a now familiar but still startling sight: iguanas lying motionless on sidewalks, cars and patios after tumbling from tree branches.
Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says it can be alarming to hear when a frost crack occurs, but frost cracks are generally ...
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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.
A blanket of snow. Today, most people hear the phrase and think of it only as a visual metaphor, if they think of it at all. Snow covers everything; it looks like a blanket, end of story. What’s ...
There has been no public sign of a response to NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s message to her 84-year-old mother’s ...
House sales in Montreal (the second-largest market in Canada) dropped 15% last month. Single-family home deals were off 17%.