For decades, scientists have relied on tree rings to estimate how long trees can live. But new research suggests that this widely used method may have been underestimating the lifespan of many ...

An enormous solar storm that occurred 7,000 years ago has helped archaeologists to date an ancient settlement in northern Greece. A spike in radiocarbon was spotted in the wood from which these ...

A study of tree rings in the Gaspesie's Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the region's mountains for nearly nine decades. The researchers say the ...

A photo of a shipwreck, buried in silt for centuries and containing cargo in unbroken ceramic vessels, drew the only gasps at a recent seminar on the archaeology of the Mediterranean at the University ...

A rumble, a deluge of snow and then silence — avalanches can be deadly, but they often leave behind little enduring evidence of their passage. Now, researchers have turned to tree rings to reconstruct ...

Archaeological tree-ring dating: origins and principles -- Lord of the rings: A.E. Douglass and the development of archaeological tree dating, 1914-1929 -- Tree-ring dating at the University of ...

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A study of tree rings dating back 750 years show previous droughts have in the West have persisted for decades.