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A slice of larix (larch) driftwood collected from Phippsøya, The Seven Islands, matched to an origin along the Lena River in Russia in the 1700s. The slice was sanded, revealing the preserved rings.

Well, tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology ... The science can also reveal the origin of old pieces of wood. In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in ...

Because tree rings tend to grow wider in warmer, wetter years and thinner in drier, colder years, they act as a record of natural climate variability and offer a complementary approach to model ...

Researchers have used tree rings to track rainfall patterns on the Tibetan Plateau over the course of almost 3,500 years and found a link between major changes and the downfall of some of the most ...