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Tree Weather - what tree rings reveal


Tree rings can supply us with valuable information about past weather events.




They can tell us if the weather resulted in a good growing season, or a drought. They can identify years in which there were forest fires.



Trees that are very slow growing can supply records back over long periods of time



A 3,000-year record from 52 of the world's oldest trees shows that California's western Sierra Nevada had frequent droughts and fires between the years 800ad to 1300ad



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Learn more about tree rings DENDROCHRONOLOGY





sources:
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2540/tree-rings-provide-snapshots-of-earths-past-climate/
https://phys.org/news/2010-03-giant-sequoias-yield-longest-history.html