Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees." Videos circulate of loud, ...

A B.C. elementary teacher found himself in hot water after letting his students play around with dry ice, which led to an ...

As Minnesotans, along with much of the rest of the nation, hunker down for a brutally cold stretch of January weather, a new winter concern is starting to go viral on social media. On Wednesday, ...

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 ...

An intense Arctic cold snap pushing across the Midwest has brought more than dangerous wind chills and frozen roads. And according to Popular Science, in parts of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and ...

Social media has been awash with AI-generated videos of trees “exploding” because of extreme cold, but is there truth to the phenomenon? According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes, trees ...

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...

Chip Murrow had never heard the term "exploding trees" in his 30 years as a forester for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Is there a danger of exploding trees in Iowa? And how does it happen?