Philip Marsden

Tree-ring analysis has solved many historical mysteries

Depopulation, pandemics, the rise and fall of empires — all can be explained by dendrochronology, according to Valerie Trouet

Tree rings are now considered to be one of the most revealing of all climatic indicators. Getty Images 
issue 13 June 2020
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  • Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings

    Valerie Trouet

    Johns Hopkins University, pp. 256, £20

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