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That’s exactly what happened to an unfortunate graduate student named Donald R. Currey back in the summer of 1964, who ended ...

The UA has plenty of special features to offer, but one of its more overlooked aspects is its abundant plant life—specifically, that of the Laboratory of Tree-ring Research. UA’s tree-ring lab right ...

When you hear the words “greenhouse gas,” your mind probably goes to carbon dioxide, the concentration of which has been steadily rising worldwide, leading to a feedback loop of absorbing and trapping ...

Trees have special ways to defend themselves against insects, even animals eating their leaves. Learn how trees “talk to each other. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

Trees are some of the largest and most widespread organisms on Earth, yet the true number of their species has been an enduring mystery. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad ...

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If a tree's rings are studied in a lab but no one hears them, do they make noise in the climate movement? An associate professor of oboe at the University of Arizona wondered. It led her to team up ...

Leonardo da Vinci seems first to have noticed that widths of tree rings vary in wet and dry years, but there is a big gap between his discovery and a history of tree rings that chronicles Midwest ...

A profound shift in botanical research reveals that the massive physical structures of our forests are not ‘built’ from the ground up as previously believed. The physical structure of trees is still ...

The American chestnut tree used to flourish from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, from the Canadian frontier to North Carolina. It often reached a height of 100 feet, a ripe old age of 600 years.

Spending time with trees does more than just help you relax. From stress relief to better sleep, here are four science-backed benefits of “forest bathing." ...