If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen alarming headlines claiming that “exploding trees” are waking people up ...

Social media posts warned of "exploding trees" when temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.

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It is indeed possible for trees to split apart in extreme conditions and to do so quite noisily, she said, typically when ...

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Most trees are dormant through the winter's coldest months.

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop.

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Forecasters warn an extreme winter storm could trigger rare “exploding trees” across the Upper Midwest as temperatures plunge ...

As a major segment of the United States remains engulfed under a furious polar vortex, the freezing temperatures might cause ...