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Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« on: September 15, 2017, 08:42:17 am »
Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
[Associated Press]
SCOTT SMITH
Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017
 

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout the Western United States, putting future generations in peril, researchers said Wednesday.

Driven by climate change, a cousin of the tree, the limber pine, is leapfrogging up mountainsides, taking root in warmer, more favorable temperatures and leaving little room for the late-coming bristlecone, a study finds.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-future-oldest-tree-species-earth-peril-001152707.html
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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2017, 08:47:03 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on September 15, 2017, 08:42:17 am
Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
[Associated Press]
SCOTT SMITH
Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017
 

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout the Western United States, putting future generations in peril, researchers said Wednesday.

Driven by climate change, a cousin of the tree, the limber pine, is leapfrogging up mountainsides, taking root in warmer, more favorable temperatures and leaving little room for the late-coming bristlecone, a study finds.



Gawd, I hate enviro-whackos.  "Naturally occurring climate change" has been going on for billions of years and the earth's history is littered with extinct species of plants and animals from that  Wish liberals would be the next ones.
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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2017, 11:18:29 pm »
RIP bristlecone.  BFD.
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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2017, 11:30:05 pm »
Limber Pine ain't here. Bristlecone is. So...
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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2017, 02:09:34 am »
Survival of the fittest

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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2017, 04:16:48 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on September 15, 2017, 11:30:05 pm
Limber Pine ain't here. Bristlecone is. So...
It's mostly a question of where they count what they count and how many they expected to see, I believe.
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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2017, 04:20:04 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on September 16, 2017, 04:16:48 am
It's mostly a question of where they count what they count and how many they expected to see, I believe.

Yeah... Like Timber wolves. *spit*
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Re: Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2017, 04:33:26 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on September 16, 2017, 04:20:04 am
Yeah... Like Timber wolves. *spit*
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