Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and ...

The freezing temperatures don't just impact people; the bitter cold can have a major impact on trees. One you can hear.

Social media treats the tree-popping phenomenon as a sign of the apocalypse, but Indigenous peoples have long used the sound of cracking timber to mark the passage of winter. Turns out, it takes a ...

He Thought The Exploding Trees Were Fake Until They Kept Him Up All Night ...

As temperatures drop in Iowa this weekend, curiosity and concern about trees exploding from the cold have grown. Here's what really happens.

Tree sap is mostly water with sugars and minerals, and like many liquids, it expands when it freezes. Gradual freezes usually ...

The Iowa DNR says sap that's warmed by the sun during the day can rapidly freeze, causing it to expand when the temperatures ...

With severe cold hitting much of the country, some unusual phenomena like "exploding trees" could be on the way. Here's what ...

Experts recommend to prepare for the worst: widespread power outages, ice-covered tree limbs snapping, blocked travel, and ...

You may have also heard a bunch of novel terms being thrown around to warn you about what’s coming, particularly on social ...

Massachusetts probably won’t see the kind of extreme cold necessary for trees to split this weekend. Some parts of the ...

By noon today temperatures will feel like -22 degrees and stay in that range through 6 a.m. Saturday. Saturday afternoon, winds begin to give the area some reprieve and temperatures will feel closer ...