Tree Ring Research News Today

After 25 years of declining flows on the Colorado River, a new study led by University of Colorado researchers offers hope for a partial turnaround.

Ice cores, seeds, and plants all contain vital clues that will be lost without nature archivists whose work is harder than ever.

Extreme heat and dry conditions amplify one another — a positive feedback loop climate scientists call “hot drought.” Findings show, however, that hot drought has never been this severe.

Extreme heat and dry conditions amplify one another — a positive feedback loop climate scientists call “hot drought.” Findings show, however, that hot drought has never been this severe.

Las vegas (ap) — There’s no precedent in at least five centuries for how hot and dry the West has been in the last two decades, new research asserts using

Climate change is affecting extreme heat and drought in Nevada and the Southwest, a tree ring study has found.

Learn how unexpected discoveries involving black holes, tree-ring dating, planets and plastics have helped shape scientific research.

Expert reveals that 'pattern of large and small rings that commonly occur in a sequence of tree rings provides basis for tree-ring dating'

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.

A UArizona researcher applies tree-ring dating methods to growth rings of rockfish to study fluctuations in climate over decades.