AZ/TUC/University of Arizona/The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

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The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at The University of Arizona was founded in 1937 by A. E. Douglass, founder of the modern science of dendrochronology. The LTRR is a research unit in the College of Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Faculty, students, and scientific staff are engaged in a diverse array of research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography, isotope geochemistry, paleoecology, biogeochemistry, geomorphology, numerical and statistical modeling, and even public health.

The Study of Tree Rings: http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/treerings.html

Community Outreach

The Laboratory is a widely known and frequently used educational attraction for many types of groups including University of Arizona classes and labs, class groups from other universities, class groups from primary and secondary schools, and various non-academic organizations. Faculty, staff, and students have helped prepare museum displays and have appeared in PBS, BBC and German Public TV productions.

Staff, students and faculty spend many hours each year visiting schools and community organizations and leading tours of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. We have many handouts and hands-on demonstrations suitable for many age groups. http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/outreach.html