In this gee-whiz science and great outdoors piece, an expert in tree-ring research shares some of the details of what trees can tell us — and whether or not their rings can reveal their age.

Rother explained that by unearthing pine tree stumps, milling them into a series of discs, then analyzing the exposed tree rings and scars left by fire with specialized software, they are able to ...

Expert reveals that 'pattern of large and small rings that commonly occur in a sequence of tree rings provides basis for tree-ring dating' Primary Menu Sections. US News. ... fire and insect pests ...

As an expert in dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, he’s been determining historical drought, climate and fire patterns as revealed by forests across the Southwest and beyond for upwards of ...

Giant sequoias yield longest fire history from tree rings Date: April 21, 2010 Source: University of Arizona Summary: A 3,000-year record from 52 of the world's oldest trees shows that California ...

Trees with crowns 20 to 30 feet above the ground will suffer little to no damage from a low- to moderate-intensity fire. Crowns with heat-killed leaves are more likely to recover than burned ...

They used radiocarbon dating, counted tree rings, and measured the width of each ring in the subfossils to investigate how these trees grew in the past. These remains tell a striking story.

I n a basement in Tucson, Ariz., slices of tree trunks stand on shelves. They are ragged with age, scarred from fire, with bark like the crust of a lava flow. But on the face of each enormous slab ...

It’s long been accepted that everyone talks about the weather, but voiceless trees keep a long, detailed climate record.That fact dawned on me while sitting in the dappled shade of an oak tre… ...

Ring by ring, the tree has captured history. The tree was just an 8-foot (2-meter) sapling when it was planted in 1873, a gift shipped from India to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ...