Dendrochronologist Brendan Buckley’s usual occupation is
drilling straw-like cores from old trees and extracting
information about past climates by studying their rings. To
extend the record beyond the time of living trees, he sometimes
takes samples from long-dead trees, or even from timbers in
ancient buildings. In 2010, the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
scientist was part of a team that traveled into the remote
Cardamom Mountains of southern Cambodia to investigate human
burials contained in coffins carved from entire logs. Tree-Ring
Lab (TRL) scientists are dedicated to expanding the use and
application of tree-ring research around the world to improve
our understanding of past climate and environmental history.
Current research concentrates on the use of tree-ring data
networks to study regional climate, global climate
teleconnections and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth.
Exploring new species in new regions, building collaborations
around the world, and developing new quantitative techniques, T