All this wood grew during Otzi's lifetime and died with a glacier advance in 3058 BCE! 🧊🌲💍

#subfossil #wood #Alps

That is a wonderful discovery!

(October, 2024)

The Holocene Incident

Deforestation
does not redress, relieve, or
soothe a clear blemish.

#subfossil #glacier #Alps
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #blueskypoets #haikufeels #575poem #17SyllableLife

Today's sample is just... perfect! 🌲💍😍

Can't wait to find out which part of the Holocene it belongs to! 🧊⏳

#subfossil #glacier #Alps

Rings of Time: Unearthing Climate Secrets from Ancient Trees | Newswise Researchers studied an ancient forest of bald cypress trees preserved in subfossil form at the mouth of Georgia’s Altamaha River. Using radiocarbon dating and tree-ring analysis, they revealed a drama...

Rings of Time: Unearthing Climate Secrets from Ancient Trees
www.newswise.com/articles/rin...
#climatechange #extremeweather #extremeweather #extremeweather #baldcypresstrees #swamps #RisingSeas #subfossil #naturalworld #Anthropology #altamahariver #growth

Nice measuring session this week with surprises! 🥰🌲💍
But measuring can sometimes take a looonnng time, when it comes to complicated samples (1 sample per day!) ⏳

#Holocene #glacier #Alps #subfossil #wood

Pine trunk excavated in a peatland in southern Sweden. The tree died in 4970 BCE and is an excellent example of how good organic material can be preserved in an oxygen-free environment. #Subfossil #Peat #PinusSylvestris #Dendrochronology