
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentmarineeastern shoremaritime forestriverbankblack needle rushfloodingchesapeake baystorymaplow elevationkilling treesgeographyeast coastdisturbancesaltwater marshesvirginiachanging landscapetidal inundationdroughtsalt waterstumpwetlandsrising seasseawaterland conversionwooddead treessalt tolerantsouth carolinasalt stressdying forestswampghosts of the coasttributariesdelaware baygeorgianew yorksweet gumpinesoilchanging shorelinenew jerseysapvirginia coast reservegedan labgroundwaterhurricanesalt tolerant plantssalt water intrusionsaltwaterghost forestgeologytidephragmitesregenerationcordgrasstree deathmid atlanticclimate changesawgrassbleached treescoastalmarshtree stumpdelawareshorelineblue crabcedarestuarydelmarva peninsulasalinemarylandsurvey123coastal ecologywildfireskeryn gedancoastal marine ecologystormsea level risethe george washington universitycoastal educationglobal warmingforestblackwater national refugeprime hook national wildlife refugesaltcattus islandspartina patenssaltwater marshecologymullica river estuaryflooddying treesnorth carolinasomerset countymarsh migrationflorida