High radiocarbon levels in the rings of subfossil tree stumps suggest that an incomprehensibly powerful solar storm, known as a "Miyake event," smashed into our planet more than 14 millennia ago.

The new Nature article adds to the narrative of ancient tree stumps that have captivated the imagination of New Yorkers for generations. The first fossilized "Gilboa stumps" were discovered in the ...

Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of uniquely 3D tree ...

As dramatic as the Carrington Event was, it would have paled in comparison to a past solar storm recently detected by an international team. Working in the Drouzet River in the French Alps, the ...

Most ancient tree specimens are relatively small, he noted, and often discovered in the form of a fossilized trunk with a stump or root system attached.

Tree trunks, stumps and roots from ancient submerged forest that's at least 4,000-years-old are uncovered on Cornish beach after lowest tide of the year.

Eventually, I realized that the tree had lived right at the 10,000-foot tree line and had been given an identification number in Currey’s records. During those months, Caroline and I continued getting ...

Save the Redwoods League hopes to raise $6.5 million to buy and preserve 394 acres in Sonoma County, including an ancient redwood called the Clar Tree.

The stumps of the burned cypress trees slowly disappeared under several meters of peat, while above the buried ancient forest, life went on. Tigers, elephants, rhinos, and green peafowl no longer ...