Ghost Forests of the Mid-Atlantic : how sea-level rise is killing our coastlines
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1015183090-MIT.pdf
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1.13 MB
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Author(s)
Friar, Greta
Advisor(s)
Toby Lester.
Alternative Title
How sea-level rise is killing our coastlines
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States, ocean levels are rising at rates faster than just about anywhere in the world. Coastal forests are dying off as a result-an early warning, if people will pay attention, of the disruptive changes in store for both natural ecosystems and human habitation. Dying coastal forests herald other coastal landscape changes: after the forests start to die, so do the marshes that live in zones between ocean and forest. As sea-level rise and human development combine to narrow the range of coastal ecosystems, problems arise for local flora and fauna, natural nutrient cycles, and coastal communities.
Description
Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25).
Subjects
Comparative Media Studies.
Graduate Program in Science Writing.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing
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