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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 NWS office in Marquette also told residents some blowing lake effect snow was likely for Keweenaw and along Lake Superior ...
This piece asks hard questions about why our schools are producing kids who feel Jewish, yet aren’t prepared to defend being Jewish, and why that has to change. As an expert Hebrew educator and ...
In the aftermath of every Super Bowl, we talk about the game and the halftime show, but we’re also eager to discuss the ...
A Banbury willow tree grower is welcoming changes to the laws of cricket to allow laminated bats.
Blizzard was happy to share plenty of news about their upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion for Diablo IV, but the main course ...
Before the lacerating spats of Albee’s Martha and George, and the circular kvetching of Beckett’s characters, there were ...