Ancient horsetail plants produce water with unusual oxygen isotopes, offering scientists a new tool to reconstruct Earth’s ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Trees don’t just clean the air, they also keep a quiet record of the past. New research suggests that tree rings may help scientists uncover missing pieces of ...

The bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) has been quietly standing sentinel to centuries of ecological change in the murky wetlands of the American Southeast. These towering trees are some of the ...

Because growing conditions vary from year to year, the rings are not uniform. The record of good (wide ring) and slow (narrow ...

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just swamp ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A new study from the University of Arizona reveals how historical tree-ring data can help predict extreme summer weather events. Researchers, led by Ellie Broadman, analyzed ...

Mmmm, the smell of cookies is everywhere this time of year. Just imagine that lovely scent—so woodsy, so piney. We’d take a bite if not for the risk of splinters and breaking our teeth. Research ...

Pieces of ancient stumps, roots and cypress knees hauled up during maintenance work at the Altamaha Wildlife Management Area on the Georgia Coast lie in the foreground of this flooded field. Deep in ...