Ghost forests are creeping along NC s coast
KATIE CAMERO, The News & Observer
April 11, 2021
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EAST LAKE, N.C. (AP) Dead. Pale. Devoid of limbs.
No, not the stars of horror stories, but families of trees sprawled across America’s East Coast that are being swallowed by swarms of salty ocean water.
Scientists call them “ghost forests” and they’re becoming more common as human-driven climate change paves the way for more frequent extreme weather events that cause abrupt environmental changes nearly impossible to recover from.
They’re also getting bigger. So much so, the barren land can be seen from space.