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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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the temperature drops and snow falls with a major winter storm hitting Ohio and much of the United States this weekend, several ...