Perhaps you’ve wandered through a forest or strolled into a neighborhood park and found tree trunks — and wondered if counting the rings on a trunk is truly a way to know the tree’s age. “Most of us ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have known for some time that tree rings record the history of avalanches. Now a new method allows them to study the ...

If you cut down a tree, you can read in the wood an environmental record. Now climate change is complicating the narrative. In a basement in Tucson, Ariz., slices of tree trunks stand on shelves. They ...

There are a couple of things to consider before scientists survey trees. First, they must find a site where humans haven’t affected the area with logging or other research. Then they pick a group of ...

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evidence detailing the death of massive stars, known as supernovae, throughout space.

Tree trunks are more than just wood—they’re living records of everything a tree’s been through. From growth spurts to natural disasters, tree rings and dark lines inside trunks reveal secrets that are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Frank the tree, a bur oak that has stood for more than 250 years as one of Missouri’s oldest, is being removed this month due to damage from fungal infection. The hardy bur ...

Mary Gagen receives funding from Research Councils UK, National Geographic, The EU, The European Social Fund and Welsh Government. “The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward,” ...