The recent graduate, 21, was on a trail in the Lake Tahoe region of California on Tuesday and did not return, prompting a ...

Yesterday, an international team of researchers from various disciplines set off aboard the German research vessel METEOR for an expedition along the west coast of Africa, led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz ...

If you haven’t noticed, this will probably end up being the coldest winter that we’ve had in many years. Will we see the effects in our gardens and landscapes in ...

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 happens too quickly for the tree's rigid bark to handle, the wood can split ...

After recent warnings on social media, Don Kinzler asked readers about their own frost cracks, and they delivered.

The recent cold temperatures have led to online posts claiming that trees are exploding from the cold. Emily Swihart, Horticulture Educator with the University of Illinois Extension, spoke with Our ...

As dangerously cold temperatures settle across Minnesota this week, a dramatic phrase is circulating widely online: “exploding trees.”While the term has captured public attention, forestry experts say ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — After this week’s winter weather left crews clearing fallen trees and debris, FOX 56 set out to answer one of the internet’s most burning questions: Can trees really explode ...

These noises are known as frost quakes or cryoseisms, a cold-weather phenomenon that occurs when rain or melted snow in the ground quickly freezes, expanding as it solidifies, when temperatures ...

Bitterly cold arctic air has blanketed parts of the United States over the last week, with some areas getting snow and subzero temperatures. Along with the cold weather comes a natural event called ...

Many alerts remain in place with power outages in some regions ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Videos of so-called “exploding trees” have gone viral on social media during this cold snap. It sounds like something out of a movie, trees exploding in extreme cold. Recent viral ...