Tree-ring dating of musical instruments

Cherubini, Paolo

doi:10.1126/science.abj3823

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“…Moreover, details about collective behavior of the plants can also be highlighted. To implement a living computing network, we selected a portion of Valle di Fiemme forest located in Paneveggio (TN, Italy) [20][21][22][23] including five spots with trees in proximity, of a proper age, spanning approximately 8000 square meters (see Figure 1). Such forest-based information processing devices can be a few hundreds of kilometers in diameter and used to analyze and monitor huge underground ecosystems in an environmentally friendly way.…”

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Molecular Collective Response and Dynamical Symmetry Properties in Biopotentials of Superior Plants: Experimental Observations and Quantum Field Theory Modeling

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Trees employ impulses of electrical activity to coordinate actions of their bodies and long-distance communication. There are indications that the vascular system might act as a network of pathways for traveling electrical impulses. A question arises about the correlation and interplay between the molecular (microscopic) level and the macroscopic observable behavior of the system (the electrical impulses), for individual trees and as a component of the larger living ecosystem, the forest. Results from the “Cyberforest Experiment” in the Paneveggio forest (Valle di Fiemme, Trento, Italy) are presented. It is shown that: (i) biopotential features of xylem biomolecular activity can be correlated with the solar (and lunar) cycle, (ii) tree stubs show an electrical molecular activity that is correlated with that of neighboring trees, (iii) statistical features of spike-like peaks and entropy can be correlated with corresponding thermal entropy, and (iv) basic symmetries of the quantum field theory dynamics are responsible for the entanglement phenomenon in the molecular interactions resulting in the molecular collective behavior of the forest. Findings suggest implementing technology that goes in the direction of understanding the language of trees, eventually of fungi, which have created a universal living network perhaps using a common language.

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Molecular Collective Response and Dynamical Symmetry Properties in Biopotentials of Superior Plants: Experimental Observations and Quantum Field Theory Modeling

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“…Dendrochronology is a well-established science initially proposed by Andrew Ellicott Douglass at the beginnings of the 20 th century and that provides estimates of both the annual growth of woody plants and other environmentally relevant information through the analysis of physical or chemical properties of tree-ring wood (Bannister, 1963; Coulthard and Smith, 2013; Fritts, 1976; Fritts et al, 1965; Shroder, 1976; Smith and Lewis, 2006). Tree-ring methods have been applied across many different disciplines, including archaeology, for example, dendroprovenancing (Cherubini, 2021; Cherubini et al, 2022; Domínguez-Delmás, 2020; Wilson et al, 2017), environmental reconstructions including hydroclimatic parameters, such as temperature (Aryal et al, 2020) and precipitation (Tejedor et al, 2020), streamflow (Akkemik et al, 2008), floods (Speer et al, 2019), droughts (He et al, 2018) and events such as snow avalanches (Laxton and Smith, 2009; Luckman, 2010; Yadav and Bhutiyani, 2013), landslides (Chalupová et al, 2020), forest fires (Brown et al, 2020), air pollution episodes (Ballikaya et al, 2022; McLaughlin et al, 2002), insect outbreaks (Büntgen et al, 2009) and fungal attacks (Cherubini et al, 2002, 2021). Tree-ring based environmental reconstructions have two major advantages.…”

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Tree-ring hydrological research in the Himalaya: State of the art and future directions

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Vennemann,

Büntgen

et al. 2024

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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Recent developments in tree-ring research offer great potential for reconstructing past climate changes; determining the frequencies of natural hazards; and assessing the availability of freshwater resources over timescales that extend well into the pre-instrumental period. Here, we review the state of dendrochronological research in the Himalaya and outline future directions for tree-ring-based hydrological reconstructions in a region that has a pressing societal need to understand the causes and consequences of past, present and future changes in the hydrological cycle. We used ‘tree ring’ and ‘Himalaya’ as keywords to identify scholarly articles from the Web of Science that were published between 1994 and 2022. The resulting 173 publications were separated by their spatial coverage into the western, central and eastern Himalaya, as well as their scientific purpose (e.g. reconstructing growth-climate relationships, temperature, precipitation, streamflow, floods, droughts, etc.). Our analysis shows that dendrochronological research in the Himalaya primarily focused on understanding growth-climate relationships using annual tree-ring widths measurements obtained for coniferous species, and their application in climate reconstructions. Reconstructions of hydrological processes such as streamflows, and extremes such as glacial and landslide lake outburst floods, have received less attention. Recent advances in dendrochronology, including blue intensity (BI), quantitative wood anatomy (QWA), and tree-ring stable isotopes (TRSI) should be combined to improve the resolution and accuracy of hydrological reconstructions in all parts of the Himalaya. Such studies may allow us to better understand the effects of climate change and the Himalayan water resources for its lowland surroundings. They may also facilitate decision-making processes for mitigating the impacts of climate change on natural hazards, and for better managing water resources in the region.

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“…We present the results of the Cyberforest Experiment [ 32 ], which was conducted in the Paneveggio forest in Valle di Fiemme, under the town of Paneveggio (TN, Italy) [ 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ], at an altitude of 1950 metres and covering an area of 8000 square metres. This research marks a significant advancement in our understanding of the complex and interconnected nature of the forest ecosystem and has the potential to revolutionise our knowledge of ecosystem functioning on a global scale.…”

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Living Plants Ecosystem Sensing: A Quantum Bridge between Thermodynamics and Bioelectricity

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The in situ measurement of the bioelectric potential in xilematic and floematic superior plants reveals valuable insights into the biological activity of these organisms, including their responses to lunar and solar cycles and collective behaviour. This paper reports on the “Cyberforest Experiment” conducted in the open-air Paneveggio forest in Valle di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, where spruce (i.e., Picea abies) is cultivated. Our analysis of the bioelectric potentials reveals a strong correlation between higher-order complexity measurements and thermodynamic entropy and suggests that bioelectrical signals can reflect the metabolic activity of plants. Additionally, temporal correlations of bioelectric signals from different trees may be precisely synchronized or may lag behind. These correlations are further explored through the lens of quantum field theory, suggesting that the forest can be viewed as a collective array of in-phase elements whose correlation is naturally tuned depending on the environmental conditions. These results provide compelling evidence for the potential of living plant ecosystems as environmental sensors.

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Tree-ring dating of musical instruments

Abstract: Dendrochronology detects fraudulent art but with some caveats

Cited by 13 publications

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Molecular Collective Response and Dynamical Symmetry Properties in Biopotentials of Superior Plants: Experimental Observations and Quantum Field Theory Modeling

Molecular Collective Response and Dynamical Symmetry Properties in Biopotentials of Superior Plants: Experimental Observations and Quantum Field Theory Modeling

Tree-ring hydrological research in the Himalaya: State of the art and future directions

Living Plants Ecosystem Sensing: A Quantum Bridge between Thermodynamics and Bioelectricity

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