Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is just as sought after, but the ...

However, in the absence of distinct seasons, most tropical trees don’t create growth rings, which can be counted to determine the year they were formed and analyzed for chemical content. But the ...

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

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new Cornell University study.

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 ...

Return to Middle-earth with LEGO as they debut their new The Lord of the Rings set as they take fans to The Shire ...

In order to grow properly, trees need an adequate period of warmth during their growing seasons; otherwise, the cell walls of new growth won't develop correctly and create blue rings that appear ...

Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in recent decades, Concordia University researchers suggest in a study that ...

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

Well, tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology, can be this precise, and even more so. Dendrochronologists showed that an ancient wooden road uncovered in southwestern England not only was built in ...

Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in recent decades, Concordia University researchers suggest in a study that ...