
Ghosts of the Coast
Document the formation of ghost forests.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentghosts of the coastswampgeographythe george washington universitytree stumpcedarfloodwetlandsseawaterblackwater national refugesomerset countystumpforestcordgrasseast coastprime hook national wildlife refugegeorgiariverbankdead treesmarinemarsh migrationsalt tolerant plantstributariesvirginia coast reservenew yorkdelmarva peninsulacoastalsea level risefloridasapvirginiacoastal ecologysalt tolerantfloodingtidal inundationgeologysalt watermarshsawgrasscattus islandsalt water intrusionglobal warmingcoastal marine ecologysweet gumdisturbancetideland conversionsaltwaterstorymapsaltwater marshestuaryhurricanerising seastree deathsaltwater marshesblue crabnew jerseymaritime forestgroundwatersurvey123black needle rushstormmid atlanticdying forestsaltwildfiresclimate changephragmitessalineshorelinewooddying treeskeryn gedandelaware bayspartina patensecologylow elevationbleached treescoastal educationmarylandmullica river estuarynorth carolinagedan labeastern shorekilling treeschesapeake baysalt stressdelawaresouth carolinachanging landscapesoilpinechanging shorelineregenerationdroughtghost forest