Tree-Ring Curator Works to Manage Massive Research Collection

Tucked away beneath the bleachers at Arizona Stadium, in a dark corridor unknown to most football game-goers, lies a rather unexpected collection – a collection of wood that's been accumulating for more than a century.

From large, disc-shaped slices to skinny pencil-shaped samples, the storage area is packed full of tree-ring specimens, part of a massive research collection held by the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.
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