Architect James Richärd, who remembers grade-school trips to the University of Arizona's giant tree-ring specimens, has designed a $12 million "treehouse" to display them. The new building, mostly ...

Tree rings suggest the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, with temperatures exceeding those of the coldest summer in the same period by 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3.9 ...

In a recently published paper, PhD student Ellen Waddle and her coauthors provide some clarity on a decades-old problem When researching what drives the growth of small populations, ecologists ...

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in ...

An enormous solar storm that occurred 7,000 years ago has helped archaeologists to date an ancient settlement in northern Greece. A spike in radiocarbon was spotted in the wood from which these ...

The study of tree rings may help prepare for space weather events that could threaten satellites and astronauts. Amy Hessl, professor of geography at WVU, is leading a project funded by the National ...

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