Climate change: ghost forest
Human - Climate Change
Climate change: ghost forest
Illustration of a ghost forest, which can be caused by sea-level rise, land subsidence, or both. As land subsides along the coast, trees can drown in saturated soils, creating ghost forests. Salt-water intrusion into groundwater can also cause salt-intolerant trees to die
Climate change: ghost forest
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Climate change: below average temperatures
Illustration representing climate change and below average temperatures
Climate change: below average temperatures
Climate change: above average temperatures
Illustration representing climate change and above average temperatures
Climate change: above average temperatures
Forestry worker
Illustration of a forestry worker, cutting down a tree with a chain saw
forestry, logging, worker, forester, forests, plantation, silviculture, forest management, chain saw, tree, male, man, human, people, person
Forestry worker
Saltwater intrusion
Saltwater intrudes into freshwater, a problem often affiliated with excess coastal groundwater extraction
