A simple blue stain could force trees into giving up their memories of cold summers and volcanic winters, a recent study ...

Overall, only 2.1% of the pine trees' rings and 1.3% of the juniper shrubs' rings were blue; the cells which hadn't lignified properly were mainly found at the end of growth rings, in latewood ...

Since trees and shrubs can live for hundreds of years, identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees and juniper shrubs from northern Norway ...

These “blue rings,” visible only under a microscope ... The study, published in Frontiers in Plant Science, examined pine trees and juniper shrubs in the Arctic. The research team ventured ...

Selecting Mount Iškoras in Norway for a search for blue rings, a team of researchers took samples from 25 pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, representing the species Pinus sylvestris and Juniperus ...

In order to grow properly, trees need an adequate period of warmth during their growing seasons; otherwise, the cell walls […] The post These Bizarre Blue Tree Rings Are Unveiling Details About Cold ...

Buchwal's team analyzed samples from 25 Scots pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, staining and photographing their growth rings under a microscope. The study revealed that blue rings were more ...

Blue corn is an important food to the Navajo people. It’s the title of a new book of poems by Amber McCrary, "Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert." ...

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So in two short years I have had a lot of butterfly observations: Gray Hairstreak, Red-banded Hairstreak, White M hairstreak, Juniper ... garden. The blooms are globe-like but held sturdily atop ...

In Sicily it is told that the Madonna's Juniper Bush opened its branches to shelter ... Tendrils of the honeysuckle plant became Our Lady's Fingers. The harebell or blue wood hyacinth was called Our ...