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Arctic study sheds light on tree-ring divergence problem
2014-05-07 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Changes in tree-ring density in the Arctic may be evidence of changes in light intensity during the trees' growth, according to a new study by San Francisco State University researcher Alexander Stine. The finding has direct implications for the tree-ring "divergence problem," a phenomenon that has received considerable media attention but has been widely misinterpreted, said Stine, an assistant professor of Earth & climate sciences. Tree rings consist of a low density ring, which forms early...
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