In fact, the study itself provides hope by highlighting the issue. It's now understood that aspen tree populations are in decline and that something must be done about it. Studies such as this one ...

Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides ... and the plant should continuously regenerate the parts of itself that wither and die. But that hasn't been the case in recent ...

There are other threats to any ecosystem, and that holds true for Pando and aspen itself. Aspen trees are easily infected with a whole bunch of pathogens and insect attacks and so on. Fires near ...