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Like tree rings, they can be used to infer developmental speeds and timing.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Cosmic Onslaught Her team dissected tree rings from ancient wood samples, burned the cellulose — the main component of wood — to determine the radiocarbon content, and then compared the data to spikes in beryllium-10 found in ice cores from glaciers.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Interestingly, oxygen isotopes from ice cores, coral skeletons, and tree rings can be calibrated and used as proxy records of past temperatures.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
There are various things—tree rings, isotope ratios, and more—that register temperatures in the past.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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1919, in the meaning defined above
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“Tree ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20ring. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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