Yet new research offers a glimmer of hope: It suggests that when spruce trees die, the trees that replace them—leafy birch and aspen— may curb wildfires and slow carbon leakage from their habitat.

然而，新的研究带来了一线希望：它表明，当云杉死亡时，取而代之的树木——多叶白桦和白杨——可能会遏制野火并减缓其栖息地的碳泄漏。