Growing ghost forests full of dead trees are harbingers of the threat of rising saltwater

DARE COUNTY (WSOC) — Across acre after acre on the North Carolina’s coastal plains stand ghosts of what once was. Instead of green maritime forests, you’ll find marshes filled with bare trees.

The culprit behind these forests of dead trees, is saltwater intrusion. Dr. David Logamasino with the Coastal Studies Institute explains that’s when water from the ocean gets into places that aren’t used to that much salt and lasts long enough to physically change the environment.

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