Artist Clare Hewitt uses fallen oak leaves and sunlight to create her works of art before returning the leaves to the forest ...

Research finds diatoms evolved slowly for 100 million years and then experienced an evolutionary burst of speciation 170 million years ago.

Conducted by ecologists in the University’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, the study suggests ...

Bedeque Bay Environmental Association project co-ordinator Dave Allan, left, and technician Lana Gillis assisted a ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

Scientists have identified the most powerful solar storm ever recorded, an extreme event that struck Earth around 12,350 BC, ...

The project combines scientific rigor with historical passion to inform future generations about stories behind the city’s oldest landmarks.

That mercury also finds its way into trees, according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science last week. Tracking the mercury content in tree rings, the research ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic ... and published April 8 in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science. Computer models suggest that atmospheric mercury can ...

The tree-ring lab’s Connie Woodhouse is a great observer ... Veronique Greenwood is a science writer who contributes frequently to Globe Ideas.

Amy Hessl, professor of geography at WVU, is leading a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Severe space weather can leave a mark in tree rings, and a West Virginia University ...

The study is part of an emerging field of tree-ring science squeezing more information than ever out of wood to understand past climates and prepare for what is to come as humans keep pumping heat ...