But there's much more information to be gleaned from growth rings than simply a tree's age. This information comes to us through the science of dendrochronology. Tree rings can reveal more than ...

These eruptions likely cast a volcanic winter over the northern hemisphere, impacting the trees at Mount Iškoras in Norway, where the study was conducted. "Blue rings look like unfinished growth ...

Here, at the northern limit of where trees can survive, they uncovered a natural record of historical cold events preserved in wood. “Blue rings look like unfinished growth rings, and are ...

But few people know that the rings in trees can tell us much more than just a tree’s age. And perhaps even fewer know that there is a field of science dedicated to the study of tree rings.

Discover the oldest trees in the world, their ages, locations, and unique survival traits. Explore ancient giants like Pando, ...

Since trees and shrubs live for hundreds of years, studying their blue rings allows researchers to spot cold summers. “Blue rings look like unfinished growth rings and are associated with cold ...

Determining the degree to which shifting drought conditions around the world are attributable to natural hydroclimatic variability and how much they are caused by climate change is a complicated task.

According to the researchers' analysis, the juniper started its growth at Utsjoki in 260 CE ... but capable of producing rings like trees: the juniper was perfect for our studies," explains ...

Tree rings can reveal more than just a tree's age. The basis of dendrochronology lies in a tree's unique pattern of growth rings. The rings form a kind of fingerprint—actually, with its ...