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The Past and the Future of the Earth鈥檚 Oldest Trees

"Hope you鈥檝e read up on the curse of the bristlecone,鈥 Andy Bunn told me, with mock concern, over breakfast at a diner in Bishop, California. We were joined by Matt Salzer, a veteran researcher from the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Bunn, who teaches environmental鈥

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Flinging fish for science

Core testing was left to colleagues at Western Washington University like 

How 600,000 pounds of dead fish affected Alaskan trees

At the start of the spawning season in July, it is common to see up to several thousand sockeye swarming the mouth of the creek, their ruby-red bodies jostling in water less than 2 inches deep.

鈥淎t some point they just go for it,鈥 Quinn says. 鈥淭hey are basically swimming over what鈥檚鈥

The High Lonesome: 草榴社区's Andy Bunn talks about Bluegrass, performing, and family roots
The Map Hidden in the Pacific Northwest鈥檚 Tree Rings

But this study is important beyond just providing a long, long, long-term forecast for Portland and points east. It represents a step forward for tree ring science.

“This is a great example of where the field has been trying to go for a long time,” says Andy Bunn, an鈥

Bristlecone pine analysis improves accuracy of climate reconstructions

"To see strong differences in growth in what we thought was a purely temperature-limited environment is surprising," 

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