tree ring

noun

: annual ring

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But, there was a significant period of cooling before and after 2900 B.C. that can be confirmed with tree rings in Germany as well as tree rings from the western United States, according to the study. —

Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025 Paleoclimate records from tree rings, ice cores and other sources show the potential for climate change tripwires to be crossed that would further speed up warming and potentially cause catastrophic impacts, such as the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. —

Andrew Freedman, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 Coronal mass ejections leave a geological record on Earth—an elevated level of a radioactive carbon isotope that appears in tree rings and ice cores. —

Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024 These atoms are archived in tree rings and glacial ice. —

Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tree ring