When temperatures drop suddenly, trapped water can freeze and expand, splitting trunks with a gunshot-like sound During the recent cold spell in the northern US, meteorologists issued warnings about ...

Exploding trees are loud cracking noises produced by the splitting of trees under extreme cold or other stresses. Exploding trees are mostly caused by freezing sap. No official "exploding tree" code ...

Call it frost cracking or nature’s gunfire: winter has a way of making trees scream. Add VegOut to your Google News feed. Recent winter storms across North America have sparked viral social media ...

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 ...

A massive winter storm hit much of the United States over the weekend, bringing extremely cold wind chills and actual temperatures in the Midwest, branch-breaking ice in the South, and almost two feet ...

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. There ...

A loud popping noise is caused when trees crack due to the expansion of water in the tree. This expansion can put pressure on the bark which eventually cracks, creating a loud pop. The short answer is ...

With a major winter storm about to blast pretty much every US state east of the Rocky Mountains, many are scrambling to prepare for the cold, ice, and snow. And according to popular meteorology ...

Viral social media posts are warning about "exploding trees" during a major winter storm. The phenomenon, known as "frost cracks," is real but trees rarely explode completely. This is unlikely to ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...