Research network to link environmental, social sciences"By Jennifer Allen, June 15, 2022
An overview of our own SWISLR-RCN! The article explains that while a lot of the focus on coastal changes is on the wealthy fringe, this RCN instead focuses on the less empowered communities living in rural landscapes being impacted by SWISLR. The goal of this RCN is to "pull together researchers to study the problem of rural coastal climate change by linking environmental and social sciences." |
Photo from CoastalReview.org Article. A “ghost forest” in eastern North Carolina bears the signs of saltwater intrusion associated with rising sea levels. Photo: Mark Hibbs/Southwings
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Photo from Eurasia Review Article. Ghost forests—areas of trees recently killed by rising saltwater—are a clear sign of sea-level rise and marsh migration into rural land. CREDIT: Dr. Matt Kirwan/VIM
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Rural Areas Will Bear The Brunt Of US Sea-Level RiseBy Eurasia Review, June 15, 2022
A study by Grace Molino, a Ph.D. student at VIMS, Dr. Matt Kirwan at VIMS, U.S. Geological Survey researchers Joel Carr, and Neil Ganju of the Woods Hole Science Center finds that rural areas all along the U.S. coastline will suffer the highest impacts from sea level rise. |
Rising seas, salt water threaten coastal farms, so farmers adaptBy David Boraks and John Upton, June 13, 2022
Rural communities and coastal farmers are experiencing the issues caused by SWISLR in coastal North Carolina, causing new adaptation strategies to be implemented. |
Photo from the WFAE article. Barren areas of a field in Hyde County, where rising water levels and saltwater intrusion have made the land unproductive. Picture taken by David Boraks.
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Photo from the WUNC article
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Rising tides and drainage ditches threaten North Carolina's coastal freshwater wetlandsBy Zachary Turner, June 9, 2022
Researchers are working hard to understand North Carolina's coastal wetlands and how the impacts of SWISLR are changing the coastline. |
Ghost forest: See ecological disaster hitting North Carolina shoreJun 5, 2022
CNN's Sara Sidner reports in North Carolina on the ecological disaster known as a "ghost forest" that is plaguing the state's shore. |
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Photos of ghost forests from the Washington Post article.
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The swift march of climate change in North Carolina’s ‘ghost forests’By Brady Dennis, May 12, 2022
As sea levels rise and storms become more intense, scientists are racing to study the rapid loss of trees and marshland along the Outer Banks |