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

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

The Texas A&M Forest Service debunked a false viral claim that trees explode in the cold. Here's what can really happen.

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

It is indeed possible for trees to split apart in extreme conditions and to do so quite noisily, she said, typically when there’s a big swing in temperatures. In these instances, sap rapidly freezes ...

Meteorologists are warning that an incoming subzero cold snap comes with an increased risk of "exploding trees." Arborists say it's a real thing that ...

An arctic blast has sent cold air across the United States, causing trees to break suddenly in what looks like an explosion.

Videos of trees appearing to "explode" in the cold weather have been circulating on social media. Many of these videos, ...

The coldest air of the season is set to slide over the Philadelphia area this weekend, which could lead to frost quakes, ice ...

Will it get so cold that the trees in your yard explode and fall over? Here's the weather science behind all the "exploding tree" talk.

Social media has been awash with AI-generated videos of trees “exploding” because of extreme cold, but is there truth to the phenomenon?