Diary entries by the Japanese poet Fujiwara no Teika, along with other historical sources from across Asia and Europe, played ...

A new UA study uses tree-ring data to reconstruct Colorado River flows over the past 500 years. The study could have a significant impact on water use in the West and further emphasizes the need for ...

El Niño is not a new weather phenomenon, according to a recent NASA study that looks 750 years into the past using tree-ring records. Utilizing special computer techniques, a NASA scientist has linked ...

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in ...

There’s no precedent in at least five centuries for how hot and dry the West has been in the last two decades, new research asserts using analysis of tree rings. The study, published in late January, ...

Sunlight filters through the canopy of pines, holly, sweet gum, and red maple while bird calls echo in the distance. These coastal forests may seem like others in the Mid-Atlantic, but a hidden ...

The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found. When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the ...

The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 years. That’s according to a new study in which scientists looked at tree rings to track ...

The UA has plenty of special features to offer, but one of its more overlooked aspects is its abundant plant life—specifically, that of the Laboratory of Tree-ring Research. UA’s tree-ring lab right ...

As long-living lifeforms, trees can provide scientists with a way to look back into the past, revealing everything from a reversal in Earth's magnetic field 42,000 years ago to a time in 774 CE when ...