In the type of chilly that makes a breath crystal, no noisy neighborhood can turn as noisy as one that appears to be a ...
Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says it can be alarming to hear when a frost crack occurs, but frost cracks are generally ...
When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that sounds like a gunshot. That eerie noise has fueled a viral claim that trees ...
A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." But experts say the dramatic imagery ...
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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.
If a tree explodes in a forest and there's no one there to hear it, did it really explode? A social media post warning of this winter weather phenomenon went viral earlier this week as people across ...