A ghost forest stands out against the water, featuring dead trees with no leaves or branches. North Carolina graduate students can now apply for a new $10,000 fund to research ghost forests.

Ghost forests are the product of rising sea levels due to climate change. The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina lost 11 percent of its tree coverage since 1985.

A ghost forest on the banks of North Carolina's Croatan Sound. Image: NASA Earth Observatory / Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Spooky 'ghost forests' are spreading rapidly through North Carolina, becoming so pervasive that they are visible from space.. A pair of satellite images from October 2005 and October 2024 show the ...

Of the more than 21,000 acres of ghost forest that formed between 1985 and 2019, ... Mapping North Carolina's ghost forests from 430 miles up. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Imagine a forest the size of Raleigh and Durham. Now imagine a forest that size dying every single year. It’s an unfortunate reality that’s happening right now across ...

One particular forest in North Carolina within the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, home to endangered animals and unique wetlands, has lost 11% of its tree cover due to rising sea levels ...

Mapping North Carolina's ghost forests from 430 miles up ... Of the more than 21,000 acres of ghost forest that formed between 1985 and 2019, the most noticeable die-off was in 2012.

RALEIGH – By analyzing ancient wood buried in the soil of a forested wetland in eastern North Carolina, researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the coastal site was a ...

RALEIGH - After driving for hours into the sun, Marcelo Ardón pulled off onto a bumpy gravel road leading into a coastal forest where rising sea levels are visibly changing the landscape.

Climate & Environment The swift march of climate change in North Carolina’s ‘ghost forests’ As sea levels rise and storms become more intense, scientists are racing to study the rapid loss ...

All along the Atlantic seaboard of North America, from Louisiana up to southern Canada, sea levels are rising rapidly - creating stands of dead trees - Ghost forest panorama in coastal North Carolina.