Also called: Tree-Ring Scientist
Reads tree rings to reconstruct past climates, wildfires, and even date old buildings.
Bores a pencil-thin core from a 500-year-old tree, sands it smooth, and counts and measures each ring under a microscope to reveal ancient droughts.
Estimate; tiny academic field.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 10 years after high school. PhD in geography, geology, or ecology.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Geography, Ecology, Geology.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Image software and AI measure rings; coring old trees and reading climate history stay human.
Classes: Earth science, AP Environmental Science, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1029.
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