This 1,000-year-old pine tree’s protector fears changing weather patterns

As temperatures neared their midday peak, Hu Xiaosong was doing his regular patrol, at an altitude of more than 5,500 feet, to protect a 1,000-year-old pine tree that he says is like family to him.

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