
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentwildfireseastern shoretideshorelinesaltwatersawgrasstidal inundationsaltmaritime forestblue crabdelaware bayregenerationtributariesgeorgiahurricanetree deathprime hook national wildlife refugecoastal ecologysapsouth carolinadying forestthe george washington universitymarinegedan labsalt tolerant plantsmarshwoodblackwater national refugenew yorkkeryn gedansea level risechanging landscapegroundwatersurvey123phragmitesdelmarva peninsulavirginiaeast coastcoastalforestchesapeake baygeologyland conversiondisturbancedroughtkilling treesstormdying treesestuarymarylandghost forestecologymarsh migrationsaltwater marshesdead treesmullica river estuarychanging shorelinesalt stressnew jerseynorth carolinadelawarelow elevationspartina patensfloridariverbankblack needle rushsaltwater marshstorymaptree stumpcoastal educationfloodfloodingsomerset countycordgrassmid atlanticsalt tolerantcoastal marine ecologysoilrising seasclimate changeghosts of the coastswampsweet gumglobal warmingbleached treescattus islandsalt water intrusioncedarsalinesalt waterpinegeographyseawaterwetlandsvirginia coast reservestump