Don Kinzler provides the truth behind the recent social media hype about 'exploding trees' from cold temperatures.
When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that ...
Exploding trees may be taking over your social media feed, but a local gardening expert says you are unlikely to see them in your own backyard.
The recent cold temperatures have led to online posts claiming that trees are exploding from the cold. Emily Swihart, ...
Additional research suggests that keeping trees well hydrated (watered) going into winter may also help. University of ...
Recent winter storms across North America have sparked viral social media posts warning of a dramatic phenomenon: exploding ...
As another storm hits New Jersey this weekend, bitter cold could trigger dramatic tree cracks that sometimes sound like ...
The phenomenon of "exploding trees" is actually caused by frost cracking, which occurs when the sap wood behind the tree's bark freezes and causes the bark to expand open vertically through the tree.
Amid a deep freeze that has settled in across much of the country in the wake of this past weekend's winter storm, social ...
If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen alarming headlines claiming that “exploding trees” are waking people up ...
Viral videos of "exploding trees" during extreme cold weather prompts the question if it's really an occurrence.
Social media posts warned of "exploding trees" when temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.