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.

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.

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.

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...

A time capsule recording past environmental conditions, tree rings allow us see how trees might respond to future climate change ...

By studying tree-ring chronologies, the research team from Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) reconstructed winter and summer ...

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.

Trees are natural timekeepers, silently recording the passage of years in their rings, growth patterns, and changing foliage. Their annual rings, visible in cross-sections of trunks, tell stories ...

What the climate zone map can tell you about a plant’s growth potential Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month.

Tree rings can tell us the age of the tree They can also help us determine what years were colder, warmer, drier and wetter Studying tree rings can help us predict future climate How to prep for ...