The storybook of trees
Evolving technologies hold the key to unlocking information stored by ancient tropical trees, which have borne witness to human activities and environmental forces from pre-historic to industrial epochs.
“As trees grow, they absorb details about their surroundings into their wood, creating snapshots of the environment through time,” says Victor Caetano-Andrade, from the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
Published by Cosmos.
