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The search for climatic information from the hydrogen and oxygen isotope analysis of tree rings has produced mixed results1–6. Systematic changes in the D/H ratio with changing climate have been demonstrated7, although relationships between climate change and the D/H ratio in tree rings from a single tree have been claimed, the interpretation of these data still causes controversy. Here we report that there is a strong correlation between both the D/H ratio of summer rain and tree ring cellulose from Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.), and the amount of precipitation between May and August.
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Lawrence, J., White, J. Growing season precipitation from D/H ratios of Eastern White Pine. Nature 311, 558–560 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/311558a0
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