
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentfloridaeastern shoreestuarytidal inundationkeryn gedancoastal educationcoastal ecologyfloodingphragmitesmaritime forestvirginiatree deathchesapeake baydisturbancemarsh migrationsurvey123woodthe george washington universitytidesalt waterswamphurricaneriverbankshorelinelow elevationchanging shorelinechanging landscaperising seasstormtree stumpsawgrassstorymapnew jerseysouth carolinablue crabsweet gumcedardroughtfloodmarshdying treesgeorgianorth carolinasomerset countyspartina patensglobal warmingregenerationgeologyclimate changesapmarinegeographygedan labsalt tolerant plantssalt water intrusionwetlandsdead treessaltwatergroundwaterstumpprime hook national wildlife refugecoastal marine ecologybleached treessaltblackwater national refugedelmarva peninsulamullica river estuaryvirginia coast reserveeast coastdying forestghosts of the coastghost foresttributariesdelawaresalinepinesea level risemid atlantickilling treescattus islandland conversionblack needle rushsoilwildfiresecologyseawaternew yorkforestdelaware baysaltwater marshessalt tolerantsalt stressmarylandsaltwater marshcordgrasscoastal