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Astronomer Andrew Ellicott Douglass realized trees can give scientists a glimpse into the past, discovering a correlation between the annual rings trees produce and sunspot cycles.
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The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
Rings of trees growing in temperate climates can indeed tell their age through their annual rings, the same source said.
TREE QUIZ!
—Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
In the broad scheme of things, the Bulls’ annual ring ceremony doesn’t mean much.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
Under ideal conditions, trees grow quickly, leaving wide annual rings behind.
—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 8 July 2019
Tree rings are particularly diligent record-keepers, recording rainfall in their annual rings; ice cores can keep exquisitely detailed accounts of seasonal conditions going back nearly a million years.
—Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian, 16 Apr. 2018
The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
Rings of trees growing in temperate climates can indeed tell their age through their annual rings, the same source said.
TREE QUIZ!
—Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
In the broad scheme of things, the Bulls’ annual ring ceremony doesn’t mean much.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
Under ideal conditions, trees grow quickly, leaving wide annual rings behind.
—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 8 July 2019
Tree rings are particularly diligent record-keepers, recording rainfall in their annual rings; ice cores can keep exquisitely detailed accounts of seasonal conditions going back nearly a million years.
—Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian, 16 Apr. 2018
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“Annual ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual%20ring. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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