Brent Cole & Jacinda Russell > Remembered Light: The Essence of All That Remains at Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, 2026

Jacinda Russell, "1628 BCE: Frost-Ring in a Bristlecone pine (FR 2680), 16,000 years old: Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (Depth: 1840.2 - 1841 m), & 1258 CE: Frost-Rings in Bristlecone pines showing the Samalas eruption, 2025 - 2026
Jacinda Russell, "1628 BCE: Frost-Ring in a Bristlecone pine (FR 2680), 16,000 years old: Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (Depth: 1840.2 - 1841 m), & 1258 CE: Frost-Rings in Bristlecone pines showing the Samalas eruption, 2025 - 2026

“Show me an ice core layered like the rings in a Bristlecone pine.”
- Russell to Richard Nunn, Assistant Curator, NSF Ice Core Facility, December 2025

The frost-ring was prepared by Alma Piermattei from cores sent by Matt Salzer.