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Valerie Trouet

If you want to know how old a tree is, you have to count its rings. But those rings can tell you much more than that. Dendrochronology, the scientific study of annual rings, makes a contribution that cannot be underestimated to our understanding of the Earth's climate history, its influence on human civilizations over the past two thousand years, and the complex interaction between humans and nature.

In this compelling book, top scientist Valerie Trouet takes you on a journey around the Earth, from her lab in Arizona to remote villages in Africa and radioactive forests in Russia. Through surprising stories - such as how sunspots influence pirates, the secret behind the empire of Gengis Khan, the link between the Egyptian pharaohs and volcanoes, yes even the role of olives in the fall of the Roman Empire - she shows how the study of trees can teach us an awful lot about man, his history and his future.

Cover: soft cover / Size: 24x16x3 cm / Pages: 288 / Language: Dutch / Publisher: Lannoo / Publication: 12/05/2020

 

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