The bristlecone pine is the longest-living thing on Earth. These trees, with their strangely shaped, wind-beaten limbs, can live up to 5,000 years. But experts worry that a warming climate in some areas may threaten its future. Researchers say warmer weather is permitting a similar kind of tree, the limber pine, to take over good growing places from the ancient bristlecone. They say the tree is being crowded out of mountainous areas where it grows. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, compared the competing species to two old men in a very slow race up a mountainside. This race between such slow-growing trees takes thousands of years. They say climate change is causing the competition. Brian Smithers led the research project. His team worked with the U.S. Forest Service to study the trees. “Limber pine is taking all the good spots,” he said.
Title: World’s Longest-Living Trees Crowded Out by Climate Change
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/bristlecone_pine.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Worlds Longest-Living Trees Crowded Out by Climate Change' data-article-id='2660'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4875'>The bristlecone pine is the longest-living thing on Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='4875' data-end-time='13604'>These trees, with their strangely shaped, wind-beaten limbs, can live up to 5,000 years.</span> <span data-start-time='13604' data-end-time='22313'>But experts worry that a warming climate in some areas may threaten its future.</span> <span data-start-time='22313' data-end-time='36083'>Researchers say warmer weather is permitting a similar kind of tree, the limber pine, to take over good growing places from the ancient bristlecone.</span> <span data-start-time='36083' data-end-time='43354'>They say the tree is being crowded out of mountainous areas where it grows.</span> <span data-start-time='43354' data-end-time='56729'>Scientists at the University of California, Davis, compared the competing species to two old men in a very slow race up a mountainside.</span> <span data-start-time='56729' data-end-time='63854'>This race between such slow-growing trees takes thousands of years.</span> <span data-start-time='63854' data-end-time='69292'>They say climate change is causing the competition.</span> <span data-start-time='69292' data-end-time='73854'>Brian Smithers led the research project.</span> <span data-start-time='73854' data-end-time='80750'>His team worked with the U.S. Forest Service to study the trees.</span> <span data-start-time='80750' data-end-time='86167'>“Limber pine is taking all the good spots,” he said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/bristlecone_pine.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9484 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/what_does_pine_mean.m4a'>What does pine mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='yearn'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/yearn.m4a'><span>yearn</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/branch.m4a'><span>branch</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/compete.m4a'><span>compete</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/grow.m4a'><span>grow</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9485 data-hint-location='22313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/what_tree_is_taking_over.m4a'>What tree is taking over?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='limber pine'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/mighty_oak.m4a'><span>mighty oak</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/evergreen.m4a'><span>evergreen</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/bristle_cone.m4a'><span>bristle cone</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/limber_pine.m4a'><span>limber pine</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9486 data-hint-location='63854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2142/they_say__blank__is_causing_the_competition.m4a'>They say <span class='blank'>climate change</span> is causing the 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