Taking Tree-ring Samples on Mongolia's UurgatLlava Field (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Taking Tree-ring Samples on Mongolia's UurgatLlava Field

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Kevin Anchukaitis (plaid shirt) and Oyunsanaa Byambasuren (orange chainsaw chaps) taking pieces of wood from dead trees on Mongolia's Uurgat lava field. The researchers use tree rings to create a record of Mongolia's droughts stretching two centuries into the past.

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Neil Pederson © 2013

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