A simple blue stain could force trees into giving up their memories of cold summers and volcanic winters, a recent study reveals, giving researchers a new way to precisely reconstruct ancient climates ...

In order to grow properly, trees need an adequate period of warmth during their growing seasons; otherwise, the cell walls [… ...

Buchwal's team analyzed samples from 25 Scots pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, staining and photographing their growth rings under a microscope. The study revealed that blue rings were more ...

identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees and juniper shrubs from northern Norway, scientists identified two extremely cold summers in 1902 ...

Preserving pinyon and juniper forests is urgent for the plant, animal, and human communities that depend on them, including ...

Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at tree rings — which can tell us far more than just the trees’ age. ‘Blue’ ...

Selecting Mount Iškoras in Norway for a search for blue rings, a team of researchers took samples from 25 pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, representing the species Pinus sylvestris and Juniperus ...

Blue corn is an important food to the Navajo people. It’s the title of a new book of poems by Amber McCrary, "Blue Corn ...