"In the case of pine trees in boreal regions, blue rings have the potential to weaken the tree, making it more susceptible to mechanical damage or disease," explained Dr. Pawel Matulewski of Adam ...

Scientists were searching for traces of so-called Miyake events, which are series of violent and sudden increases in cosmic radiation, which are recorded in the tree rings. Read also: It was a ...

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

Using growth lines on bones (akin to tree rings) to determine age and telomere length as an indicator of biological aging, the study found no link between radiation exposure and age-related ...