Dendrochronology

Tree Rings and Volcanic Eruptions

8 Feb 2012

Counting the number of tree rings and observing the relative growth for each ting can give an age for when something happened. However, it may not be that simple. Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change, because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, according to ...

Tests may show oldest Welsh house

3 Feb 2012

Tests may show cow shed is Wales' oldest house

Could cow shed be oldest house?

3 Feb 2012

A project to find the ages of historic homes by dating their timbers may have found one of Wales' oldest homes.