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Updating The College of Wooster Oak Tree Ring Record

gwiles September 25, 2026 11:54 am

Guest blogger: Adam Wood The Modern Climate Change course in the fall of 2026 (MCC26) took on the task of updating the campus oak ring-width tree ring chronology. It was last cored over a decade agoand is one of he … Continue reading →

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Master Dating of a Master’s Panel Painting

gwiles August 26, 2026 8:52 pm

A first for the Wooster Tree Ring Lab (WTRL) – dating a 17th century painting from the Rembrandt Studio in the Netherlands. Nick Wiesenberg, technician in the lab (right) and the owner of the painting James Elchlinger from Zora Advisory Group. … Continue reading →

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The 2025-2026 Earth Sciences Annual Report is Out

gwiles July 1, 2026 4:21 pm

Great to see that The College of Wooster Earth Sciences Annual Report is now out. Thanks to Nat McCoy (ESCI Administrative Coordinator) and Dr. Meagen Pollock (ESCI Chair) for their hard work in assembling this record of all the activities … Continue reading →

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ESCI Senior Independent Studies 2026 – Mary Palmieri

gwiles May 6, 2026 2:20 pm

Mary Palmieri’s senior IS was one of the first attempts at using tree-rings to reconstruct cloud cover. A double major in Earth Sciences and Statistical and Data Sciences, Mary was advised by Drs. Wiles and Pasteur. Abstract: The climate of the … Continue reading →

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New Publication from the Wooster Tree Ring Lab

gwiles April 26, 2025 10:31 am

The lead author of this work, Fred (Wenshuo) Zhao, photographed in front of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The logs at his feet, recently exposed by the retreating ice, are the subject of his undergraduate thesis and this publication. … Continue reading →

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Ten Days in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

gwiles July 17, 2022 1:56 am

After spending a day in Juneau gearing up, we flew over to Gustavus, Alaska and then got a ride to Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. We then rented kayaks and headed into Glacier Bay. Shortly after … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 5 – Juneau

gwiles July 4, 2022 2:57 pm

There are two legs to the project this summer. Lilly and Fred are headed back to the Wooster Tree Ring Lab with samples from Kake and Jacob and Jack have arrived. Jack, Jacob, Nick and I will now travel to … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 4

gwiles July 1, 2022 9:08 pm

A view from the porch of the Forest Service cabin out into the Sound. Day 4 started in the intertidal zone at low tide. Identification of the various intertebrates included the limpet above. This large cockle was squirting water through … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 3

gwiles July 1, 2022 2:48 pm

Coring the furthest north stand of Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata). Celebrating another successful core extraction by Siah. Banana slug on the forest floor. Mounting the redcedar cores at the Forest Service cabin. Also examining cores taken in previous years. Long … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 1

gwiles June 28, 2022 3:52 pm

We arrived in Juneau on Sunday flying from Cleveland to Juneau. The goal of the trip is to work with the AYLS youth group of Kake Alaska (formerly known as TRAYLS) coring trees with both the Wooster group of faculty, … Continue reading →

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