Juniper shrubs are getting a second look as homeowners search for carefree greenery with year-round appeal. These plants have long been a landscape staple, especially as an evergreen foundation ...

If you don't have a private backyard, it can be hard to create that quiet oasis so many people dream about. However, there ...

Blue growth rings in woody plant stems indicate years when cells failed to lignify properly due to summers that were too cold ...

Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at tree rings — which can tell us far more than just the trees’ age. ‘Blue’ ...

Scientists studying tree rings in northern Norway have linked ‘blue’ rings, caused by cold summers, to volcanic eruptions ...

These rings are not just a visual anomaly but serve as natural archives of past cold summers. Researchers studying samples ...

Researchers suspect volcanic eruptions in Central and South America may have led to cold summers in Norway between 1877 and 1902, forming peculiar blue rings in Scandinavian trees and shrubs.

In Norway, scientists have found blue rings in trees that hint at how volcanic eruptions disrupted growth throughout history.

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