The top-line findings of a massive analysis of the growth rate of more than 20,000 tropical trees in more than 30 countries ...

SMU-led study of fire-scarred trees reveals Western Apache communities controlled landscape fire patterns far more than ...

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to ...

The study part of an emerging field of tree-ring science found the West’s two-decade drought is inextricably linked to rising temperatures ...

What You Need To Know Tree rings can tell us the age of the tree They can also help us determine what years were colder, warmer, drier and wetter Studying tree rings can help us predict future climate ...

In this gee-whiz science and great outdoors piece, an expert in tree-ring research shares some of the details of what trees can tell us — and whether or not their rings can reveal their age.

Wider tree rings may indicate a warm, wet year — while fine tree rings could represent a cold and dry season, the same source recounted. ‘Size and growth of tree rings’ ...

Now, researchers have used tree-ring data to determine that a massive drought could have spurred incursions by Hunnic hordes into the eastern Roman Empire in the 430-450s CE.

“Some tree-ring chronologies can go back 10,000 years or more.” Black says those rings can show anything from climate variability to insect outbreaks, fires, and even archaeological history.