Precision cutting of tree ring cells using laser scissors
by Lisa Wingate, INRAE, Bordeaux, France
In Potsdam scientists have developed laser techniques to cut microscopic cells in wood to study the chemical signals that can reveal changes in past climate within trees.
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Submitted on 29 Mar 2021
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- Germany (237)
- Exact location (13.0646 E, 52.3844 N)
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tree rings, trees, climate change, microscopy, natural science, laboratory
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Credit: Lisa Wingate (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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