Some people have claimed to see the effect, but it’s never been confirmed because it’s mostly happening at wavelengths too ...

Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past few decades. More fires are burning at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where homes and other buildings meet the natural ...

Scientists have observed "coronae" on treetops for the first time, confirming the phenomenon occurs in the wild.

Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature ...

For the first time, researchers have observed and measured weak electrical discharges, known as coronae, on trees during thunderstorms. A new study describes the near-invisible sparkles appearing ...

Much online discussion has been hovering around the subject of frozen exploding trees this winter, following multiple videos and reports. A Facebook update from the page, Ethereal Earth, went viral in ...

This has been a winter full of surprises. The Philadelphia area has seen the biggest snowstorm in 10 years and one of the longest below-freezing streaks in our history. Nearly every day since ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — 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. Rick Vuyst, the former CEO ...

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MADISON, (WKOW) – Videos of trees appearing to "explode" in the cold weather have been circulating on social media. Many of these videos, however, are AI-generated, leading to widespread ...

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 ...