However, plants native to the tropics can suffer even when nighttime lows dip into the 40s. The bulk of plants in ...

The Nor’easter produced strong winds that shifted from the south to the west as a cold front moved through the area. Winds from this system were out of the south before eventually shifting west. The ...

From Jan. 25 to Feb. 10, power outages affected about 230,000 homes in Nashville, five people died and tens of thousands of trees were damaged.

Trees including argan, date palms, olive, pomegranate and fig can all be found growing in Paradise Valley, as well as wild ...

Local arborist Luke Brunner says that low temperatures are far less dangerous to trees than heavy snow and ice.

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

If you’ve spent time outdoors during recent cold snaps—or scrolled social media—you may have heard talk of “exploding trees.” While the phrase sounds dramatic, the phenomenon behind it is very real ...

Snow across the Inland Northwest has not been plentiful this season, despite the formation of a new La Niña in the waters of the south-central Pacific Ocean. As I mentioned last week, the heaviest ...

Trees don't explode in cold temperatures, but they can develop a frost crack, or vertical fissure in the tree trunk.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve probably noticed a lot of posts on social media with warnings about trees exploding. Is this really happening? An expert ...

When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that sounds like a gunshot. That eerie noise has fueled a viral claim that trees ...