Ancient trees reveal that the El Niño and La Niña events that wreak havoc on climate worldwide have been even more extreme than anyone knew, a revelation that suggests wilder swings in the future as the world gets warmer.
Tree rings and fire scars in ancient pines, giant sequoias and bigcone Douglas - fir treesreveal long - term patterns and causes of changes in fire regimes in those forests, including the roles of people and climate variations.