Blue rings found in the stems of trees and bushes in Norway point to a historic cold period in the late 1800s, but the exact cause of this climatic event remains unclear, scientists say.

Under a new proposal put to rank and file members on Wednesday, police would lock in a 4.5 per cent annual pay increase over the next four years — significantly lower than the 6 per cent being ...

After two years of albums and tours, Sykes left to become lead guitarist with Irish rock band Thin Lizzy ... and went on to form the supergroup Blue Murder with Tony Franklin and Carmine Appice.

Taken from a tree in Norway, this stained tree sample shows a blue ring from 1902. (Credit: Pawel Matulewski and Liliana Siekacz) Human skin isn't the only thing that can change color after facing the ...

Scientists have discovered that peculiar "blue rings" in wood samples reveal the aftermath of chilling volcanic eruptions that disrupted growing seasons over a century ago. When summers turn ...

A blue ring formed in 1902 in a tree in northern Norway. Image by Pawel Matulewski and Liliana Siekacz. Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the ...

Overall, only 2.1% of the pine trees' rings and 1.3% of the juniper shrubs' rings were blue; the cells which hadn't lignified properly were mainly found at the end of growth rings, in latewood ...

Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at tree rings — which can tell us far more than just the trees’ age. ‘Blue’ ...

In Norway, scientists have found blue rings in trees that hint at how volcanic eruptions disrupted growth throughout history. Credits: Credits: Havardtl, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists ...

Musician John Sykes, the guitarist for Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and more ... Sykes went on to form Blue Murder with Tony Franklin and drummer Carmine Appice, who also shared a tribute to Sykes.

John Sykes — an English guitarist best known for being a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of ... Carmine Appice, who played alongside Sykes in Blue Murder, said on Facebook that ...

The death of former Whitesnake,Thin Lizzy and Blue Murder guitarist John Sykes has prompted a wave of loving tributes from his peers. The guitarist died at age 65 after what an official ...