The effects of weather on tree rings

Abstract

The research focuses on the effect of extreme weather and other conditions on tree rings. A tree creates two new sets of growth rings every year it grows, and weather and other conditions affect the width of the rings. Through measuring the width of tree-rings and comparing with the 10 years’ weather report, we see how tree growth is affected by weather. weather influent the growth of the tree.

Biographies

Iris Li is a science student at vantage college in University of British Columbia. She is interested in trees and nature. Moreover, she thinks the phenomenon that tree-ring could reflect the weather is interesting.

Yuyang Wen is a student of Science at the University of British Columbia. He is interested in undergraduate research and scholarship.