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Interestingly, oxygen isotopes from ice cores, coral skeletons, and tree rings can be calibrated and used as proxy records of past temperatures.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
There are various things—tree rings, isotope ratios, and more—that register temperatures in the past.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
Like tree rings or the rings found in mammoth tusks, the number of transverse stripes on the outside of nasal horns indicates the animal’s age.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
But studies of ancient tree rings suggest that 2023’s temperature—and by extension 2024’s—were the hottest in the past 2,000 years.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
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“Tree ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20ring. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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