A dedicated, select group of geologists, physicists, archaeologists, political scientists, biologists, english and history majors joined forces to learn a bit about Climate Change in the natural laboratory of Northeast Ohio. Here they surround a … [Read more]
Final Projects Posting
Extracting a Temperature Proxy Record from Larch in Kamchatka Abbey Martin, Sarah McGrath, Matthew Shearer, Ann Wilkinson, Vincent Hui The purpose of this study was to analyze larch (Larix cajandery Mayr.) tree ring width from Kamchatka, Russia data … [Read more]
Coring European Larch
A pretty reasonable day to work. We had the pleasure of working at Secrest Arboretum last week coring European Larch some planted in 1909 CE. This is the third site collected from Secrest by the Wooster Tree Ring Lab. Obtaining high quality cores … [Read more]
The Barn is Dated
Climate Change 2016 has successfully dated the Biggio Barn - ten of the beams were cut in the spring of 1840. The building then was likely constructed shortly after that cut date. A copy of the report can be found here. The class is now evaluating … [Read more]
Coring the Biggio Barn
A beautiful day at the Biggio Barn - Nick gives the class the rundown The barn owner gives the rundown on the history and possible ages of the hand hewn timber frame. Hong Kong dendrochronologist, Vincent shows the class how by standing on two milk … [Read more]
Coring the Bog
Dr. Lowell gives the rundown. Innovative use of newly machined wrenches - gives a boost to core through the Anthropogenic layer. Initial description of the 5 meter core - radiocarbon dating will let us know if we have the last 15k. … [Read more]
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