Daily Archives: June 12, 2015

John Muir, Alaska, and A Tree Mountain Chronology

Guest Blogger: Audrey Steiner-Malumphy In 2011, Dr. Wiles and his advisees Lauren Vargo and Jennifer Horton cored dozens of trees from Tree Mountain in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Muir Glacier is located northwest of this mountain, named … Continue reading

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Russian Birch Climate Reconstruction- Part 2

Guest blogger- Clara Deck This summer, I am working with Dan Misinay to continue a dendrochronology project focused on Kamchatka, Russia. We have been working with birch tree cores (Bertula ermanii) collected from the region by Dr. Wiles and I.S. … Continue reading

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Goodygoody Girdwood Chronology Construction

 Guest bloggers: Kaitlin Starr and Maddie Happ     During the summer of 2014, the Columbia Bay team (Dr.Wiles, Nick Wiesenberg, Kaitlin Starr and Jesse Wiles) cored numerous trees near the town of Girdwood, Alaska. The collection is primarily made … Continue reading

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Taking a break to see York

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 12, 2015) — Team Yorkshire went on a holiday today with a visit to York, only a short train ride inland from Scarborough. We needed a break, and in any case the tides were not in our … Continue reading

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