What the rings tell us 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.

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.

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

The rings of a tree are like a time capsule recording past environmental conditions and they provide an opportunity for scientists to understand how trees might respond to future climate change.

If a tree's rings are studied in a lab but no one hears them, do they make climate research sounder? Musicians at the UA want to know.

Exploration of the great outdoors includes a fascination with the trees around us — and here, an expert in tree-ring research reveals some of the details about what trees can tell us.

The study part of an emerging field of tree-ring science found the West’s two-decade drought is inextricably linked to rising temperatures ...

This measurement is a dominant feature of many climate systems, with important social and biological implications. The researchers found a reduced seasonal temperature difference in the tree rings ...

Researchers rely on tree rings, glaciers, and fossil records to put our current climate in context.

Studying tree rings can help us predict future climate How to prep for research There are a couple of things to consider before scientists survey trees.