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Tree story : the history of the world written in rings / Valerie Trouet.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781421437774
  • 1421437775
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK477.2.A6 T76 2020
Summary: "This book tells engaging stories about the science of dendrochronology, the study of tree growth rings. From studying tree rings, scientists can learn about the past climate on earth, and sometimes tree-ring data provide evidence of natural events that affected human history. Connecting natural history (as read through tree rings) to human history is at the heart of this book"--

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book tells engaging stories about the science of dendrochronology, the study of tree growth rings. From studying tree rings, scientists can learn about the past climate on earth, and sometimes tree-ring data provide evidence of natural events that affected human history. Connecting natural history (as read through tree rings) to human history is at the heart of this book"--

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