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

Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at ...

Scientists studying tree rings in northern Norway have linked ‘blue’ rings, caused by cold summers, to volcanic eruptions ...

Blue growth rings in woody plant stems indicate years when cells failed to lignify properly due to summers that were too cold ...

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In Norway, scientists have found blue rings in trees that hint at how volcanic eruptions disrupted growth throughout history.

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Learn more about these signs of summertime cold, perhaps tied to volcanic activity in 1877 and 1902.