Tree Story
Tree Story Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. In her captivating new book, Tree Story, Valerie Trouet reveals how the seemingly simple and relatively…
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Tree Story
Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. In her captivating new book, Tree Story, Valerie Trouet reveals how the seemingly simple and relatively familiar concept of counting tree rings has inspired far-reaching scientific breakthroughs that illuminate the complex interactions between nature and people.Trouet, a leading tree-ring scientist, takes us out into the field, from remote African villages to radioactive Russian forests, offering readers an insider's look at tree-ring research, a discipline formally known as dendrochronology. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has also made amazing contributions to our understanding of Earth's climate history and its influences on human civilization over the past 2,000 years.
Tracing her own professional journey while exploring dendrochronology's history and