Wing says that while the Sequoia may not be the oldest fossil in the museum, the rings offer a different way to think about time. He says that when you look at the 260 rings of the tree ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new study.

Climate change has significantly reduced snow cover, affecting caribou herds and hydroelectric forecasts, study shows.

Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in ...

Scientists from the UK recently conducted a detailed re-examination of a fossilized Prototaxites species found in ...

For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is just as sought after, but the ...

A study of tree rings in the Gaspesie's Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the ...

By looking at the growth rings within fossil wood, we can create a picture of what the climate was like when that tree was growing. Dr Paul Kenrick, one of our experts on the early evolution of life, ...

If further fossil finds confirm that Danuvius and perhaps other ancient tree-dwelling apes stood upright, “it would show that our [human] lineage never did go through a hunched-over stage of ...