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Dendrochronology: History From a Tree’s Perspective

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Dendrochronology is, most simply, the study of tree rings. But why should we care about the rings on a tree that you can usually only see after a tree has been cut down? Leonardo da Vinci was the first person to note that tree’s rings responded to their surrounding climate. After his observation in the early 14th-century dendrochronology progressed slowly as […]

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Alex Camerino | June 26, 2020
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NOAA STUDY: Last Winter Was Worst Snow Winter in California in 500 Years

Not only was 2014/15 the worst snow year on record in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, it was the worst snow year in the past 500 years. Whoa. The Sierra Nevada mountain range’s snowpack hit a 500-year low this past winter according to a document published by researchers today. The new findings were published in the journal Nature Climate Change and they highlight […]

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SnowBrains | September 14, 2015
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