Assessing the age of a living tree is straightforward enough—just extract a core from the tree's circular trunk and count the number of lines in the core formed by the tree's annual growth rings.

Like fingerprints, every tree that sprouts up out of the earth has its own unique imprint within its rings, which accumulate ...

A study of tree rings in the Gaspesie's Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the region's mountains for nearly nine decades. The researchers say the ...

Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in ...

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.

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 ...

A study of tree rings in the Gaspésie’s Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the ...