If a tree's rings are studied in a lab but no one hears them, do they make noise in the climate movement? An associate professor of oboe at the University of Arizona wondered. It led her to team up ...

A processed cross-section of Longleaf pine shows the dark bands of the late-season wood. (Image courtesy of Justin Maxwell) The rings within a tree's trunk can tell a story filled to the brim with ...

There are a couple of things to consider before scientists survey trees. First, they must find a site where humans haven’t affected the area with logging or other research. Then they pick a group of ...