tree ring

noun

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But the tree rings also show droughts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and a severe drought in the nineteen-sixties. M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Our planet offers many sources of information on how past climates influenced the environment, such as glaciers, sediments, tree rings, and pollen. Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 Copernicus records date to 1940, but other U.S. and British records go back to 1850, and scientists using proxies such as tree rings say this era is the warmest in about 120,000 years or since the start of human civilization. Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025 Another Rapid Event | Dir. Daniel Murphy; 2024; USA; 8 min Radiant energy beams down from the sun, enabling telegraph operators to communicate warbling, earthly messages etched in tree rings. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tree ring

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First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tree ring was in 1919

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“Tree ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20ring. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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