Greg Miller · @gregmillerwrites
23 followers · 31 posts · Server zirk.us
DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
898 followers · 12406 posts · Server kolektiva.social
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."
#ecologists #ghostforests #trees #coastal #ecosystems #pine #redmaple #sweetgum #cypress #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #saltwater
Cameron McCormick · @LordGeekington
56 followers · 337 posts · Server sauropods.win
Visiting a #Tupelo #Nyssa_sylvatica / #SwampWhiteOak #Quercus_bicolor / #RedMaple #Acer_rubrum #wetlands on a record-breakingly hot February (66° F / 18.9° C) day in Acushnet, #Massachusetts
#tupelo #nyssa_sylvatica #swampwhiteoak #quercus_bicolor #redmaple #acer_rubrum #wetlands #massachusetts
Derek Caelin 🌱 · @derek
1544 followers · 195 posts · Server social.coop
Hey #mosstodon, @mara and I were putting up Christmas lights in our #RedMaple when I some beautiful #moss and #lichen.
I thought you all might approve!
#mosstodon #redmaple #moss #lichen
ArtofCycling · @ArtofCycling
56 followers · 39 posts · Server mastodon.world
Taking a moment to savor the view out my front door. #autumnleaves #autumncolors #redmaple #red #rva
#autumnleaves #autumncolors #redmaple #red #rva
Derek Caelin 🌱 · @derek
1480 followers · 1581 posts · Server sunbeam.city#pollinators🐝 love #NativePlants.
I actually had no clue the white aster was thriving in our yard. I'm so pleased now.
#RedOak #easterndaisyfleabane #whiteaster #goldenrod #redmaple
Music: light
Musician: Jeff Kaale
#pollinators #nativeplants #RedOak #easterndaisyfleabane #whiteaster #goldenrod #redmaple