Valerie Trouet, professor at the University of Arizona, spoke about how she studies tree rings to see how they relate to the climate, specifically the frequency of hurricanes.

Tree ring widths, which reflect the dry or wet conditions affecting tree growth annually, provide valuable proxy climate data from before historical recordkeeping began. Rui Guo and colleagues ...

Tracking the mercury content in tree rings, the research suggests, can offer insight into mining operations over time. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ramp up,” says ...

The study used oak tree-ring records to reconstruct temperature and precipitation levels in southern Britain during and after the "Barbarian Conspiracy" in 367 CE. Combining this data with ...

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 ...

He taught me the names of the plants before I could even read," Barichivich recalled ... project the total number of rings, to come up with a range for the tree's age. The scientists also ...

By ALYSSA VAN DOORN The Outside Story The longer, warmer days of spring spark phenological changes in trees, from root to tip ...

However, among all those, the Fisherman's Ring is something that has drawn a considerable amount of attention.Read to find out more about the special ring. It’s the papal ring, then why is the ...

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 ...

LONDON — It took well over a century for the Sycamore Gap tree to spread its limbs into the elegant canopy that made it a beloved site saddled between two hills along the ancient Hadrian’s ...

The Sycamore Gap tree was not Britain’s biggest or oldest sycamore, but it was prized for its picturesque setting, ...

“Reading your ending to 'The Giving Tree' healed a little piece of me tonight!” commented one Instagram user. "Thank you for this − I always loathed the message in this book," another wrote ...