As in, they died.
Ghost forests occur when large groups of trees are killed, often by saltwater.
It may not sound like much, but its three times faster than the global average.
A ghost forest on the banks of North Carolina’s Croatan Sound.Image: NASA Earth Observatory / Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Marshes shift locations over time as sea levels rise, but theres nowhere for cypress forests to go.
However, there is not a direct line between climate change and the ghost forest in the wildlife refuge.
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The ghost forest as seen in 2019. Photo: Emily Bernhardt (Duke University)
The ghost forest as seen in 2019. Photo: Emily Bernhardt (Duke University)
