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A viral social media post warned Midwesterners about the dangers of "exploding trees" as extreme cold weather hits the region. But is it true? Do trees really explode during very cold temperatures? It ...

Local arborist Luke Brunner says that low temperatures are far less dangerous to trees than heavy snow and ice. After warnings about “exploding trees” went viral this winter, a local arborist says he ...

Exploding trees made quite a few headlines last month when temperatures dropped across much of the country. While the claim of trees exploding certainly grabs attention, it is a little exaggerated.

On a brutally cold night, it’s not unusual to hear a sharp crack outside that sounds like a gunshot or a firecracker. The next morning, you might find a long split running up a trunk and wonder if the ...

Frost crack as seen in a tree. (Photo by Thomas deHaas, OSU Extension educator) SALEM, Ohio — Winter walks in the forest bring sounds of boots crunching through heavy snow and wind whistling through ...

Exploding trees are not actual explosions but rather loud cracking noises produced by the splitting of trees under extreme cold or other stresses. Tree Explosion is a rare occurrence that tends to ...

Call it frost cracking or nature’s gunfire: winter has a way of making trees scream. Recent winter storms across North America have sparked viral social media posts warning of a dramatic phenomenon: ...

A sharp vertical split runs along the trunk of a damaged tree after extreme cold. As dangerously cold temperatures settle across Minnesota this week, a dramatic phrase is circulating widely online: ...

Amid a deep freeze that has settled in across much of the country in the wake of this past weekend's winter storm, social media has come ablaze with reports of "exploding trees" due to the cold. Those ...

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