As the Lab got going in the 1970s, its scientists began developing tree ring chronologies across North America. On a talus slope near New Paltz, NY, scientists found old, undisturbed hemlock trees that contributed to a 400-year record of drought variability in the Hudson Valley. Photo by Francesco Fiondella
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