For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is just as sought after, but the ...

Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in ...

Climate change has significantly reduced snow cover, affecting caribou herds and hydroelectric forecasts, study shows.

The core samples were taken in 2019 and could be dated back to 1941 ... told Mongabay by email. Gerson added that using tree rings to measure mercury could be useful for monitoring progress toward the ...

Tree studies establish unbroken climate timelines by comparing ring patterns to consecutively older and older samples, matching them up like bar codes. A 2022 study used tree rings to reconstruct ...

A new study suggests that tree species that form tree rings as they age could be used as biomonitors to track mercury ...

Tree rings can be used to determine the release of mercury into the air due to mining activities in South and Central America. This study is crucial in determining the illegal mining activity and ...

Researchers first took core samples from fig trees at five sites ... said in a statement. Although annual tree rings can tell researchers when mercury levels began rising, they can’t necessarily ...

A sample drilled from the bottom of the Great Blue Hole has uncovered 5,700 years of history. The underwater sinkhole, located off the coast of Belize in Central America, is one of the world's most ...