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Can Trees Explode in Extreme Cold? Learn About the Exploding Trees Rumor This Winter

Apparently, concerns of exploding trees this winter have circulated online as people in multiple states prepare for more bone-chilling temperatures.

South Dakota News Watch · 1d

Fact brief: Can trees ‘explode’ during extreme cold weather?

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Do trees really explode in extreme cold?

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No, trees don’t explode when it gets cold, but they do go pop

While many trees are dormant these months — and will remain so until their leaves and flowers burst through in the springtime — they sure can create a cacophony in the still of winter.

MLive · 1d

Exploding Trees: Can this really happen during a winter deep freeze?

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Can severe cold cause exploding trees? Kind of. They're frost cracks

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Will extreme cold cause ‘exploding trees' in Chicago area? An expert weighs in

With the cold soil temperatures the area is experiencing, those “icequakes” could be very isolated however, according to Jeanes.

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So cold that trees will explode? Not exactly, expert explains

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Can trees 'explode' during winter weather?

Live Science

Arctic blast will bring 'life-threatening' temperatures and dump snow on 150 million Americans. But will it make the trees explode?

An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it trees explode?

Wisconsin Watch

Do trees explode in extreme cold?

Water expands as it freezes, which can create stress between the colder, contracting outer bark and the relatively warmer inner wood. That stress can cause the bark or trunk to split suddenly, sometimes making a loud bang or crack that people describe as an explosion.