
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentglobal warmingeastern shoreghost foresttree stumpnew jerseywildfiresdying treessalt tolerantmullica river estuarycoastal educationrising seastidal inundationseawaterblackwater national refugehurricanechesapeake baynorth carolinavirginia coast reserveecologyregenerationsaltwater marshsomerset countydead treesmarylandmid atlanticmarshmaritime forestpinesalt stressgeorgiasea level risedying foresttributariessawgrasskeryn gedanthe george washington universitysweet gumestuaryblack needle rushcoastal ecologytree deathstumpgedan labgeologyriverbankdelaware baysaltwaterfloodnew yorkvirginiacordgrasssalt water intrusionland conversionblue crablow elevationspartina patenscoastal marine ecologyshorelinemarsh migrationcoastaltidesaltprime hook national wildlife refugeforestsalt watersurvey123storymapcattus islandsoilfloridamarinegeographyswampkilling treescedarsouth carolinawooddelmarva peninsuladisturbancestormghosts of the coasteast coastsalinephragmitesdelawarechanging shorelineclimate changesaltwater marshessalt tolerant plantschanging landscapegroundwaterbleached treesdroughtwetlandsfloodingsap