
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
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Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentprime hook national wildlife refugeland conversiontidedead treesvirginiakeryn gedandelawaremaritime forestwetlandssoilnew yorkchanging shorelinestorymapthe george washington universitysurvey123mullica river estuarymarshdying foresteastern shorelow elevationcoastal educationforestshorelinedelaware bayhurricanefloridaghost forestmid atlanticmarinesappinetidal inundationsalt watergeographydroughtriverbanksaltsaltwatersalt tolerantsawgrassblack needle rushregenerationwildfiresrising seasnew jerseyestuarysalinedying treesnorth carolinaseawatersaltwater marsheschanging landscapegeologycattus islandvirginia coast reservesalt water intrusioncoastaleast coastghosts of the coastspartina patensswamptree stumpfloodingstumpecologysalt tolerant plantssaltwater marshblue crabbleached treesclimate changecedarchesapeake baysomerset countygedan labglobal warmingmarylandphragmitesmarsh migrationblackwater national refugegeorgiadisturbancesweet gumtributariescoastal ecologysea level risedelmarva peninsulakilling treescordgrassfloodsalt stressstormwoodsouth carolinacoastal marine ecologygroundwatertree death