In this gee-whiz science and great outdoors piece, an expert in tree-ring research shares some of the details of what trees can tell us — and whether or not their rings can reveal their age.

The most accurate way foresters determine the age of a tree is by counting the growth rings of a severed tree stump or by taking a core sample using an increment borer. However, it is not always ...

To determine a tree's age, scientists collect a core sample from the plant's base and then count its rings. This dating of tree rings is called dendrochronology and it can be a valuable tool for ...

Given the difficulties associated with counting olive trees’ rings, researchers have attempted to infer the ages of olive trees based on their diameters.However, such age estimates can be ...

I n a basement in Tucson, Ariz., slices of tree trunks stand on shelves. They are ragged with age, scarred from fire, with bark like the crust of a lava flow. But on the face of each enormous slab ...

The summer of 2021 was the Northwest’s hottest in at least 1,000 years, according to a new study of some very old trees. In June 2021, Karen Heeter was living in a two-story brick apartment ...