
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentpinegroundwatershorelinesalt toleranttideghosts of the coastcordgrassdelaware baynew yorksea level risesapmullica river estuarychanging landscapeghost forestdelawareecologyphragmitesmarsh migrationnorth carolinasomerset countyforesttree stumpmarineeast coastdroughtstorymapmarylandthe george washington universityhurricanevirginiadead treessouth carolinacedarland conversionwetlandssalt tolerant plantsmaritime foreststumpsaltwatersurvey123bleached treesblackwater national refugenew jerseymarshsawgrassspartina patensglobal warmingsoilestuarysalt waterdisturbancedelmarva peninsulasalt water intrusionkilling treesgedan labgeorgiacoastal educationvirginia coast reservemid atlanticchesapeake baywoodstormwildfiressalineseawatertidal inundationfloodingdying treesfloodcoastal ecologyblack needle rushprime hook national wildlife refugecoastaleastern shorecattus islandsalt stresstributarieskeryn gedanfloridaregenerationsaltwater marshswampdying forestclimate changelow elevationsaltwater marshescoastal marine ecologyblue crabtree deathgeographyriverbanksaltrising seaschanging shorelinegeologysweet gum