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7.17.22

Amid the challenges facing both trees and humanity, Millar said, the bristlecones offer lessons in how to hang on. Their tenacity is an antidote to despair. Their genetic diversity is a bulwark as they face the unknown.

—Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post, "Scientists rush to save 1,000-year-old trees on the brink of death," 14 Jul. 2022 {7:00 AM EDT}