The Tide and Bear Swamp
New Jersey's old growth forest is threatened by sea level rise and sand mining
Category: SEA LEVEL RISE
The opposite of resilient
The practice of salt marsh diking turns a normally resilient system into a very brittle system at the edge of collapse.
Bearing witness
Much news is made about the changes to come to coastal landscapes from sea level rise, but there is less talk about what is already happening.
harder shores, less beach
Shoreline armoring on the Delaware Bay will result in less beach for us all.
Sea level rise: leading indicators
As scary maps tell us about the changes to come, subtle indicators like odd combinations of plants tell us about the changes that are happening right now.