A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." But experts say the dramatic imagery ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees?

Frost cracks appear as vertical splits in the trunk of a tree and are the result of plant tissue expansion and contraction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heavy snow fall, not explosions, are far more threatening to trees and yourself. “EXPLODING TREES are possible in the Midwest and ...

From frozen iguanas falling from the sky to spinning circles of ice on rivers, rare natural events related to the weather remind us that nature doesn't always behave as expected. Whether it's ...

Peter Elliott at 13 ON YOUR SIDE said it plainly: the videos, the maps, and the memes make it sound like something out of an action movie – trees “exploding” in the bitter cold – so he set out to ask ...

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk” as temperatures from the Northern Plains to Great Lakes are set to plunge below zero from Friday, Jan. 23, to ...