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.

Tree rings, says Waddle, are a gold standard for measuring a tree’s history, one with which most people are familiar. The center, or pith, signifies when the tree established, or secured its roots and ...

Tree-ring increment cores collected from bigcone Douglas fir trees growing on Mount Pinos in Southern California. Each growth ring is a couplet of light colored spring wood and dark colored summer ...

She pulled in detailed tree ring growth records of 12 individual evergreen trees growing throughout Arizona — six Pinus edulis, three Pinus ponderosa and three Pseudotsuga menziesii — that had ...

Have you ever examined timber floorboards and pondered why they look the way they do? Perhaps you admired the super-fine ...

But it also affects inside the tree. The growth rings become slightly irregular and warped. Often scientists have studied regions where avalanches are common, such as Alaska and the Rocky Mountains.

Tree rings from old growth Douglas-firs on the Oregon Coast show evidence of 1700 tsunami. Oregon State University. Journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences DOI 10.5194/nhess-21-1971-2021.

We used growth rings of native cypress trees (Callitris columellaris) near a large salt lake at the eastern edge the wheatbelt region. These trees can live for up to 1,000 years, perhaps even longer.

More information: Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025). DOI: 10. ...

Tree rings from old growth Douglas-firs on the Oregon Coast show evidence of 1700 tsunami. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 08 / 210823170105.htm.

Witness the precise sawing of an exceptionally rare White Dang tree, a large perennial specimen boasting nearly 300 growth rings. This video showcases the use of advanced technical saw equipment ...