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In the decades after the flood, studies of tree rings revealed the sequence of wet and dry years and flooding over 400-500 years.
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Ellen Wohl
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Researchers reconstruct the fire history of the land The red pine trees that dot the sandbar peninsulas can survive fires, which leave behind distinctive scars in the tree rings.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Researchers can then count the rings like tree rings to estimate the trout’s age.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Archaeologists used dendrochronology, the study of tree rings, to determine the ship was built in the mid-1700s with wood sourced from the south of England.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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Ellen Wohl
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Researchers reconstruct the fire history of the land The red pine trees that dot the sandbar peninsulas can survive fires, which leave behind distinctive scars in the tree rings.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Researchers can then count the rings like tree rings to estimate the trout’s age.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Archaeologists used dendrochronology, the study of tree rings, to determine the ship was built in the mid-1700s with wood sourced from the south of England.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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“Tree ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20ring. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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