Sand Box Tree Exploding

Trees will NOT explode in cold weather

Exploding Trees: Legit Cold-Weather Danger or Overblown Hype?

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 when the mercury plummets and the tree expands, its trunk or limbs busting open like the buttons on a too-tight shirt after Thanksgiving dinner.

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Are trees really exploding in the severe cold? Sort of

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Are trees exploding due to cold? Or is there a different weather phenomenon happening?

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Trees will NOT explode in the cold weather

There is a wild and inaccurate rumor spreading online that extreme cold, which will blanket the Midwest, will make trees explode.

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

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Exploding trees from cold in Michigan? Here's what really happens

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What are ‘exploding trees’? The winter phenomenon may not be what you think

As more than half of the United States braces for a powerful winter storm, some meteorologists are warning on social media that “exploding trees” are possible.

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Nature’s Seed Cannon: Meet Sandbox tree who shoots its seeds at 150 mph

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, not biology, revealing nature’s fastest plant dispersal methods ever recorded.