Tree rings can reveal the age of wood used to make human artifacts from famous violins to the cliff ruins of Mesa Verde, and also tell us about the climate conditions that prevailed when those trees were alive.
Members of the Karuk Tribe in northern California maintain that the age-old tradition of prescribed burning holds the answer to climate adaptation planning in the Klamath River range.
Farmers in southern Idaho pair up with NOAA-funded scientists to become more resilient to the basin's wide swings in snowpack, runoff, and groundwater recharge—today and in a warmer future.
