As the climate warms, drought conditions are intensifying in many parts of the world. The effects of hydrological drought on ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Gerson added that using tree rings to measure mercury could be useful for monitoring progress toward the Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international agreement to address human-caused mercury ...

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 study. Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method ...

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Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

The University of Cambridge-led study, published in Climatic Change, used oak tree-ring records to reconstruct temperature and precipitation levels in southern Britain during and after the ...

There are many natural processes that leave behind records of past environmental conditions, including tree rings. Trees form a ring of wood every year, and the width of that ring can have a ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – 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.

Enter F. insipida, a fast-growing fig tree that thrives throughout the tropics. The trees grow annual rings, which is uncommon among tropical trees. The researchers analyzed tree cores from five s ...