Sea-level rise creating 'ghost forests' in North Carolina

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https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/sea-level-rise-creating-ghost-forests-in-north-carolina/

Sea-level rise creating ‘ghost forests’ in North Carolina
by: Rachel Duensing

Posted: Mar 15, 2022 / 05:00 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 15, 2022 / 05:53 PM EDT

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 the North American Coastal Plain, including part of our backyard here in North Carolina.

Our North Carolina beaches are a popular vacation spot or weekend getaway where we soak up the sun and relax to the sound of waves. But just a few miles inland, our coastal wetlands are facing a crisis. Vulnerable ecosystems are changing, and trees are dying, leaving nothing but ghosts.
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So why should we care? The reality is the trees dying can’t thrive in water that is becoming saltier and saltier, so as sea-levels rise and stronger hurricanes produce more storm surges, it’s harder for these trees to survive.
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1. But they passed a law against this!

Aug. 2, 2012— -- A new law in North Carolina will ban the state from basing coastal policies on the latest scientific predictions of how much the sea level will rise, prompting environmentalists to accuse the state of disrespecting climate science.

The law has put the state in the spotlight for what critics have called nearsightedness and climate change denial, but its proponents said the state needed to put a moratorium on predictions of sea level rise until scientific techniques improve.

More about climate denial idiocy at: https://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-bans-latest-science-rising-sea-level/story?id=16913782