dendrochronology

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The Southwest is once again experiencing a Great Drought; evidence from dendrochronology, the science that studies tree rings, shows that 2002 was the driest year since 1685.

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  1. noun The study of climate changes and past events by comparing the successive annual growth rings of trees or old timber.

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  • They were now investigating other methods of dating, such as the matching up of successive tree-rings to create a "dendrochronology", proceeding fairly well, and also the measurement of a particular kind of qi-leak luminescence that was fixed into pottery that had been fired at high enough temperatures. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • By using dendrochronology scientists have dated certain living trees to having ages of around 4600 years. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • We identified temporal patterns of tree mortality on three north - and south-facing slopes by determining the death date of trees using dendrochronology. —  RealClimate
  • The Southwest is once again experiencing a Great Drought; evidence from dendrochronology, the science that studies tree rings, shows that 2002 was the driest year since 1685. —  Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
  • Linda Brubaker, UW professor of dendrochronology, shows how climate and dendrochronological research helps us reconstruct prior climate conditions and advance our knowledge of the effects of global climate change on forests in our Northwest world and across the globe. —  ResearchChannel On-Air Schedule
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