Most people are familiar with the notion that "tree rings" — the concentric bands visible on a cross-section of a tree's trunk — serve as an indicator of a tree's age. Researchers at the University of ...

Tree rings hold clues about ancient solar storms. New research shows tree growth and carbon storage can shift those signals across years.

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in ...

Horizontal cross sections cut through a trunk of a tree can tell us a little about the history of a tree in its own time ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Archaeologists believe the sudden destruction of a pre-Columbian civilization found in southern Illinois occurred around 1150 AD. But to find the ...

The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has taken a major step in climate research by hosting an international training programme on how tree rings are used to study climate change. The ...