Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the ...
Social media posts warned of "exploding trees" when temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.
When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that ...
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...
While the weight of freezing rain, ice and snow can damage branches, there is another kind of injury that comes with the extreme cold, experts say.
One arborist said "the mass destruction exposes the lack of maintenance" as 90,000 Nashvillians enter a fifth day without power.