Microscope image of oak tree ring (IMAGE)

Swansea University

Microscope image of oak tree ring

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A close-up of some oak tree rings. The porous earlywood is formed during the spring and the darker latewood is formed in the summer time. Researchers will soon be able to reconstruct the climate of north-west Europe including the UK over the last 4500 years, and to date wooden buildings and objects more accurately, by analysing the chemistry of ancient oak trees, through a new Swansea-led project just selected for €3 million in European funding.

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UK Oak Project; Swansea University/Oxford University

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