Encroaching saltwater is turning forests near the coast into haunting landscapes.
Using satellite images from the U.S. Geological Survey, researchers found that between 1985 and 2019, up to 11 percent of the area once covered by forest had deteriorated into “ghost forests.".Climate change is reshaping our coastlines—and, as it turns out, the forests that live there.
The marshes taking over these wetland forests are incredibly important ecosystems. But the potential loss of the forests is still a major concern, says Bernhardt. Their disappearance will also mean the loss of many of the creatures that rely on them. “One of the really nice things about this study is that it showed that that gradual transition from forest to marsh that you would expect with sea level rise was really punctuated by Hurricane Irene,” says Matt Kirwan, an associate professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science who was not involved in the research.
“The findings that they’ve observed historically are only going to intensify,” he said. “In the future, marshes are going to replace coastal forests at ever-faster rates.” The marshes themselves, of course, are not endlessly resilient.
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