image: Intact mountain forests like this one in Vietnam's Bidoup Nui Ba National Park contain living conifer species over 1,000 years old. This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 23, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Edward R. Cook of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in Palisades, NY, and colleagues, was titled, "Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium." view more
Credit: Kevin Anchukaitis