Tree rings reveal forest fires from hundreds of years ago

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 11:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Like clues from an Agatha Christie mystery novel, trees can provide secrets about past events, and their rings are especially good at providing information about fires, some of which happened hundreds of years ago, according to studies from a Texas A&M University researcher.

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