Old Black Pine Tree in Anatolia, Turkey (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Old Black Pine Tree in Anatolia, Turkey

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By studying the annual rings of centuries-old black pines (Pinus nigra) such as this, scientists figured out that the northern boundary of the tropics moved back and forth in the last 800 years.

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Ünal Akkemik

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