The “world’s oldest snowball” will celebrate 50 years frozen in time — and is now a treasured family heirloom. The snowball was created on February 5, 1976, in San Jose, California, when Jeff Shamus ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: January 23, 2026 | Last updated: January 23, 2026 The DC Snowball Fight Association has officially issued a date and time for this weekends snowball fight. Trump vows ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

As we head into the weekend, a major winter storm system is going to slide some of the coldest air we’ve felt in years right over Michigan - and we’re going to be in a deep freeze for a few days. How ...

A holiday favorite made with buttery pecans and powdered sugar — melt-in-your-mouth cookies perfect for the festive season. Trump dominated Davos. But Canada’s Carney was the star. Ryan Wedding ...

As Wisconsin and much of the upper Midwest prepare for rapidly dropping subzero temperatures, some viral social media posts warn people to watch out for "exploding trees." The phenomenon, while ...

At the height of a planetary freeze around 700 million years ago, ocean temperatures are most likely to have been –15 °C — much colder than any sea temperature recorded today or known to have occurred ...

Viral social media posts are warning about "exploding trees" during a major winter storm. The phenomenon, known as "frost cracks," is real but trees rarely explode completely. This is unlikely to ...

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...

Social media posts warning of "exploding trees" in subzero temperatures are mischaracterizing a phenomenon known as frost cracks. Frost cracks form when water inside trees freezes and expands. As a ...