Tree trunks are more than just wood—they’re living records of everything a tree’s been through. From growth spurts to natural ...

This April 2, 2019, photo provided by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, IL, shows moss growing at the base of a tree at Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve in Monee, IL.

To discourage moss growth on a tree, prune branches in the center of the canopy to allow more light and air to circulate within it. If you find the moss unsightly or fear it may weigh down a ...

Counting the rings on the sample can tell us the trees' age, but it can also tell us what weather patterns were like each year. NOAA explains, “trees will have narrow rings during cold periods ...

IDEAS The rings inside trees are beginning to tell a different story If you cut down a tree, you can read in the wood an environmental record. Now climate change is complicating the narrative.

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon's rainfall cycle over the last 40 ...

Olive trees are generally understudied as a result, said Peter M. Brown, the director of Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, who was not involved in the new study.

This April 2, 2019, photo provided by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, IL, shows moss growing at the base of a tree at Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve in Monee, IL.