Dendrochronology

The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How do yearly weather conditions affect the way a tree’s growth…
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How do yearly weather conditions affect the way a tree’s growth rings look? The objective of this FACTivity is to learn...

The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How does dendrochronology help us understand the environment in which a…
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How does dendrochronology help us understand the environment in which a tree lives?

Test your knowledge on archeology, biomass, and dendrochronology.
Test your knowledge on archeology, biomass, and dendrochronology.

Is the Earth’s environment changing over time? In the past few years, most scientists have agreed on at least one…
Is the Earth’s environment changing over time? In the past few years, most scientists have agreed on at least one thing about the changing environment. They have agreed that measured…

The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing. In this study, the…
The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing. In this study, the scientists wanted to examine dead trees that they found above...

The scientists in this study were interested in three common periodic changes in sea surface temperatures, called oscillations. In particular,…
The scientists in this study were interested in three common periodic changes in sea surface temperatures, called oscillations. In particular, the scientists wanted to see how wildfires over the past...

In this FACTivity, you will examine the rings on a cross-section of a tree trunk. Can you determine how old…
In this FACTivity, you will examine the rings on a cross-section of a tree trunk. Can you determine how old the tree is and what growing conditions it experienced? Then...

In this FACTivity, you will examine the rings on a cross-section of a tree trunk. Can you determine how old…
In this FACTivity, you will examine the rings on a cross-section of a tree trunk. Can you determine how old the tree is and what growing conditions it experienced? Then...