Tree Story
The History of the World Written in Rings

I'm kind of a tree nerd having gained an interest in them after years of use because of turning. When I got a lathe, I was too cheap to practice on store bought wood, so I raided the firewood pile & found a treasure trove of gorgeous wood. That led me to stopping at houses with a downed tree to beg......more

When a tree grows, it puts on a ring. A tree ring that is. Using these tree rings allows scientists (dendrochronologists) to provide historically-accurate dates for everything ranging from Stradivarius violins to archeological ruins by dating the wood used in construction. Dendrochronologists have c......more

The study of tree rings and their use in dating the age of the trees themselves, or The items made from wood, is called dendrochronology. Dendrochronology has been used to date archeological finds, like the Ancient Puebloan sites in the Four Corners region in the southwestern US. I particularly enjoy......more

Very very cool book with fascinating historical and current information about everything tree ring related (smash). Just a bit redundant at times (especially parts of the first and last few chapters), but I guess that isn’t rare for a book trying to explain complex science to a general audience. Ala......more

Well-written overview of the power of tree-ring research. Provides an interesting selection of several historical evolutions, caused by and/or accelerated by climate variables, by telling the story of how the processes have been discovered. Good read 😉......more