Christopher Roos, fire scar, tree ring, ancient fire, Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age, anthropology, SMU

Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today’s megafires are truly unusual

Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from two distinct climate periods, says study co-author and fire anthropologist Christopher I. Roos, SMU. Continue reading →

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Middle school boys who are reluctant readers value reading more after using e-readers. Continue reading →
Study finds college students willing to donate genetic material to biobanks for research. Continue reading →

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