As the climate warms, drought conditions are intensifying in many parts of the world. The effects of hydrological drought on ...

New Tree Ring Analysis Points to Historic Megadroughts Tree rings, the concentric circles found in the trunk of a tree, are like nature’s very own diaries. They open a window into the past, ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

More information: Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025). DOI: 10. ...