Can severe cold cause exploding trees? Kind of. (www.usatoday.com)

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[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's possible, when the water in the tree freeze, it can burst the log- Mot really an explosion but destroy the tree, similar to a pipe filled with water which can also break in a cold winter.

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