Tree rings hold clues about ancient solar storms. New research shows tree growth and carbon storage can shift those signals across years.

High on a windswept Nevada mountainside in the 1960s, a young researcher set out to read the history of climate written in ...

Last summer, marked by deadly extreme heat and devastating wildfires, was the warmest in at least 2,000 years, according to new research, which analyzed weather data and tree rings to reconstruct a ...

Pine rings record a sharp rise in rainfall intensity and volatility, showing modern extremes exceed patterns seen over the past 500 years.

Mary Gagen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Deep in the world's oldest forests, towering giants have been keeping detailed records for centuries. These ancient trees are far more than passive observers of time. Trees act as time capsules. The ...

Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change Esper and his co-authors were motivated to find 2023’s long-term climate ...

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in ...

The UA has plenty of special features to offer, but one of its more overlooked aspects is its abundant plant life—specifically, that of the Laboratory of Tree-ring Research. UA’s tree-ring lab right ...