Sentences with phrase «of ancient trees»

Back on Earth, the team discovered evidence of minor superflare events impacting our planet through an analysis of ancient tree rings.

Researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in mountainous central Mongolia think they may have gotten at the mystery of how small bands of nomadic Mongol horsemen united to conquer much of the world within a span of decades, 800 years ago.

We could plan a helicopter flight out to a solitary sand cay in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef with a bottle of bubbles and a cheese and fruit platter and some snorkelling and or we could add a romantic dinner under the canopy of the ancient trees of the rainforest at Flames of the Forest.

The following article is primarily based on a discussion of radiocarbon dating found in The Biblical Independent tree - ring dating laboratory providing analysis of ancient trees, timber - frame buildings to archaeological timbers.

To construct the green line, Jones took tree - ring density data from Annual climate variability in the Holocene: interpreting the message of ancient trees (Briffa 2000).

As I stand among the sawed - off stumps and charred remains of a small grove here, officials have just painted more of the ancient tree trunks with red X marks to signify eventual destruction.

As he talks to me he stands next to the sawed off remains of an ancient tree that tested positive for the bacterium, stroking the new growth sprouting from the top of the supposedly infected, dead stump (see the video below).

Dendrochronology, for example, the dating of sites with tree rings, requires the survival of ancient trees nearby.

Five new books showcase the stunning natural beauty that surrounds us from below and above, whether it's a delicate feather of a spotted owl or an ethereal vision of an ancient tree basking in the light of the Milky Way.

Within the forest are trails, bushbuck, little streams strewn with moss - covered stones, and a feast of ancient trees that include yellowood, stinkwood, red alder and ironwood.

The picturesque villages are set in the shade of ancient trees in a reserve of forest and grassland.

10 luxury canvas tents are set on stilts amongst the canopies of ancient trees which line a seasonal riverbed.

2) The Elk Valley is home to many groves of ancient trees, many of whom had just sprouted when the Inca and Aztec civilizations began 800 years ago.

It is in these densely forested hills that the ruins of Tikal spread out amongst the shadows of ancient trees.

Where else, but Western Australia can you dive with Whale sharks, snorkel with manta rays, swim with wild dolphins, walk amongst the tree tops of ancient trees, sleep under a canopy of stars in the desert, or explore the beehive - like formations of the Bungle Bungles.

The replica of this ancient tree symbolises both the longevity of the monarchy and the new pioneering digital technologies inspiring contemporary creativity.

The stately pictures of ancient trees and prehistoric grasses are a reminder how different a single lifetime can be.

The fluid and aqueous forms of the watercolours in Shock Metamorphosis (2015), which measures over two metres tall, are suggestive of both ancient tree rings and the foliation — layering — in metamorphic rocks, evoking a sense of the glacial pace of change in nature.

The project is based in the selective logging of ancient trees and super efficient use of wood in Lenga forests near Corcovado, Chubut province.

TRL Scientists and collaborators have been scouring Asia in search of ancient trees we can use to reconstruct the monsoon.

By sampling the wood of thousands of ancient trees across Asia, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory assembled an atlas of past droughts, gauging their relative severity across vast expanses of time and space.

Fillongley Provincial Park, is the go - to place for a calm afternoon relaxing in the shade or to challenge your physical performance hiking through the beautiful feature rich coastal trails in and out of the canopy of ancient trees.