Gallery, Story: Vietnam Tree Coring Expedition: Unlocking Climate History in Trees

Le Canh Nam, forest specialist with the technical and scientific research department of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, cores a fokienia tree in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Known to the Vietnamese as Po Mu, the fokienia trees were the focus of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory tree ring laboratory expedition. Trees in excess of 700-years old were found by the researchers during their work in the park.
Unlocking Climate History in Trees, Dalat, Vietnam

Le Canh Nam, forest specialist with the technical and scientific research department of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, cores a fokienia tree in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Known to the Vietnamese as Po Mu, the fokienia trees were the focus of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory tree ring laboratory expedition. Trees in excess of 700-years old were found by the researchers during their work in the park.