
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentfloodingpinesalinesaltwaterdying forestswampchesapeake baychanging landscapenew jerseyblue crabsalteastern shorecoastalvirginiafloodhurricanesea level risesalt tolerant plantsdroughtsouth carolinaseawatermarinegedan labtree stumpriverbankdying treesmarshcordgrasssalt tolerantdisturbancecedarsalt waterspartina patenscoastal marine ecologysoilrising seasprime hook national wildlife refugesweet gumwildfiresthe george washington universitydelmarva peninsulaghost foresttree deathmullica river estuarytributarieswetlandssaltwater marshesphragmitessurvey123land conversionbleached treeschanging shorelineestuarygeologywoodsalt water intrusioncoastal educationmid atlanticstormghosts of the coastgroundwaterblackwater national refugekeryn gedanshorelineforestclimate changevirginia coast reservegeorgiasomerset countystumpdelaware baycoastal ecologystorymapfloridablack needle rushregenerationlow elevationmarsh migrationgeographynew yorkecologysaltwater marshsapkilling treesmarylandglobal warmingeast coasttidal inundationsalt stresstidesawgrassnorth carolinadelawarecattus islanddead treesmaritime forest