![]() "Ghost forests have happened for thousands of years or so, but we're seeing more ghost forests occur at a faster rate than before," she says.Ī Duke University study released earlier this year looked at the accelerating growth of ghost forests. The forests can be seen up and down the East Coast, Clarke says, and especially so in recent years. " sort of breathtaking the way that you can look at it and see the direct impacts of sea level rise right here on the coast," says Lora Clarke, a marine conservationist with the Pew Charitable Trusts, an NPR funder. Lora Clarke, a Charleston-based marine conservationist working with Pew Charitable Trusts, on Hunting Island, S.C. Bare branches stretch out in every direction, as if the Greek priestess Medusa had petrified herself and all the snakes moving on her head had turned to stone. A tree slowly poisoned by salt water turns whiteĪbout an hour and half south of Charleston, S.C., a chalky white tree stands in the water on a beachfront in Hunting Island State Park. ![]() Representatives from nearly 200 countries are negotiating efforts to cut global emissions to stem the rising sea levels. The signs of the impact of rising seas levels are both subtle and clear, and taken together, point to the looming crisis climate scientists have been describing - the kind that world leaders who gathered in Scotland at a global climate summit this week are trying to solve. And each uniquely represents what's at stake: the lives and livelihoods of those who call this area home. This is a story about a tree, a fisherman and a queen.Įach is profoundly connected to a South Carolina coastal community threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change. A ghost forest seen on Hunting Island, S.C.
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