Ghost Forests?!?

Holy crap!

#GhostForests #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
#GlobalWarming #Environment #Weather #Heatwave
#EarthIsOnFire

Why #Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of #GhostForests

A study in North Carolina of dying #trees may represent a foreboding preview of what may come to #coastal #ecosystems worldwide.

by Jim Morrison

"As the ocean intrudes and saltwater rises, it kills trees and creates these ghost forests—bare trunks, and stumps, ashen tombstones marking a once-thriving coastal ecosystem. In North Carolina, #pine, #RedMaple, #sweetgum and bald #cypress forests are being replaced by saltmarsh. Eventually, that saltmarsh will be replaced by open water, a shift that leads to significant and complex costs to the environment and the local economy. The loss of forests will reduce carbon storage, further fueling climate change, and the agriculture industry, timber interests will suffer as saltwater moves inland."

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Saltwater

Read more: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-ecologists-are-haunted-by-the-rapid-growth-of-ghost-forests?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#ClimateDiary Another new term/phenomenon i learned through Climate Diary: #Ghostforests along #US coasts, due to rising sea levels. This excellent #CBSNews report talks to people on ground, trying to mitigate by creating healthy #marshlands or #reforestation - great example of #Climate #ecosystems intersection. But last 30sec in TV studio: just like #DontLookUp. Glib, superficial, disinterested positivity

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghost-forests-chesapeake-bay-us-coasts-climate-change/