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14. Over 100,000 acres of ghost forests in New Jersey .... The salt water from the Atlantic is killing the coastal ...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2025, 11:28 AM

Jan 27

…. White Cedar Forests.

'Ghost forests' threaten New Jersey's water, ecosystem
The state has lost over 100,000 acres of Atlantic white cedar.

A disturbing sight is growing in southern New Jersey's woodlands.

Acres of "ghost forests" have been popping up as an increase of saltwater in the soil has been killing what remains of the Atlantic white cedar trees that populate the area. The situation was part of a cycle where past climate change events, such as Superstorm Sandy, and logging created a situation where the soil lost its fresh water, according to experts.

"It's that it's been happening incredibly fast and that we have so little of this precious resource," Todd Wyckoff, the New Jersey State Forester, told ABC News Live.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/ghost-forests-threaten-new-jerseys-water-ecosystem/story?id=105206453

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The Sea-Level Rise No One Thinks About: Rising Coastal Water Tables Filling With Seawater In American Southeast [View all] hatrack Jan 27 OP

Seashore condo owners: leopards are corroding your building's foundation & you don't even know it. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 27 #1

Too few people can, or even want to, connect dots. Thank you for posting this. Attilatheblond Jan 27 #2

Thinking for oneself... 2naSalit Jan 27 #3

Ostriches get a bad rap. They aren't sticking their heads in the sand like magas do Attilatheblond Jan 27 #18

Good point... 2naSalit Jan 27 #19

Not many even know what a grouse is, so you're ahead of the game! Attilatheblond Jan 27 #20

I've been thinking about this for years. Yes, GPV Jan 27 #4

Salt water finds a way. Apologies bronxiteforever Jan 27 #5

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over PR, for nature cannot be fooled". hatrack Jan 27 #6

Brilliant Feynman quote. bronxiteforever Jan 27 #7

Sounds lilke a quote from a Pilot I knew Old Crank Jan 27 #10

Feynman was brilliant, one of my inspirations. CaptainTruth Jan 27 #13

Forget 'end of the century' - with Trumpism taking control of America that timetable is 20-30 years max IMO. NoMoreRepugs Jan 27 #8

If we are privatizing FEMA, can we go on record now Bluetus Jan 27 #9

That will be great. Old Crank Jan 27 #12

Come on now. We know that those southern coastal states will expect the blue states to bail them out. erronis Jan 27 #15

and Again and again, and..... Old Crank Jan 27 #21

Guess we really don't have a choice. Eventually Mother Nature is going to get her way! erronis Jan 27 #16

I read about that study where they brought in people from the Nederlands. Old Crank Jan 27 #11

Most of the state sits on a big bed of karst limestone (think Swiss cheese with more fossils) . . . hatrack Jan 27 #17

Wonder if the City of San Francisco brought in experts like that Attilatheblond Jan 27 #22

Damming the Golden Gate would fix that. hunter Jan 27 #23

The San Francisco area is different. Old Crank Jan 27 #24

Over 100,000 acres of ghost forests in New Jersey .... The salt water from the Atlantic is killing the coastal ... Botany Jan 27 #14