Ghost forests creep up U.S. East Coast (Blog #4)

Carson Crager

Professor Boon

College Composition 1

10/4/21

Ghost forests creep up U.S. East Coast

By: NBC News

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    This article talks about forests on the east coast and how they are beginning to turn into so called "ghost forests," showed in the photo above. This is another devastating effect caused from climate change. These Atlantic white cedar trees used to be green, but now they have turned almost white. These trees thrive in freshwater lands, but as the sea level has been rising salt water has been hitting them and slowly killing them. The article goes on to say that the sea level will continue to rise and eventually wipe out farm lands, peoples houses, and it will contaminate their drinking water. This is happening in most parts of the east coast, but New Jersey is seeing the most effects from this issue. The article says that in New Jerseys, they have over 300 acres of ghost forests already and more will come soon. These forest protect the inlands from storms and also help counter act the effects of climate change. If we keep losing more and more of these forests it will be devastating to the environment. “To be able to look at these forests and see that this is a direct result from climate change is frightening,” says Kristen Meistrell. This shows us that this is a huge problem and this could happen almost anywhere along the coast as the sea level continues to rise. Overall this was a very interesting article. 

Comments

  1. BobOctober 7, 2021 at 12:51 PM

    Good article. I think I've also read that these emit lots of carbon as well. Sad
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  2. Julius CaulderOctober 7, 2021 at 5:27 PM

    It's crazy having something like this brought to my attention that I was completely unaware of. I had no knowledge of the Atlantic white cedar tree before reading and looking into more information. I would have figured they were meant to be white due to the name being Atlantic white cedar. I have known about the rising sea levels and how it has been affecting freshwater plants and animals. Climate change not only affects the sea levels and plant life but also the ecosystem of the environment that they are native to. I think even though it seems like a long way down the road but environmental changes have a bigger effect than often anticipated.

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