[HN Gopher] Sea level rise killing trees on Atlantic coast, ghos...
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       Sea level rise killing trees on Atlantic coast, ghost forests
       visible from space
        
       Author : WarOnPrivacy
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2021-04-07 20:31 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | 1996 wrote:
       | I do not understand the opposition to bringing salt marshland
       | species (at the bottom of the article)
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       | The change will happen anyway - all we can do is speed up the
       | environment adaptation by bringing in plants that will eventually
       | find their way there anyway:
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       | > A more radical approach would be to introduce marsh plants that
       | are salt-tolerant in threatened zones. This strategy is
       | controversial because it goes against the desire to try to
       | preserve ecosystems exactly as they are.
       | 
       | > But if forests are dying anyway, having a salt marsh is a far
       | better outcome than allowing a wetland to be reduced to open
       | water. While open water isn't inherently bad, it does not provide
       | the many ecological benefits that a salt marsh affords. Proactive
       | management may prolong the lifespan of coastal wetlands, enabling
       | them to continue storing carbon, providing habitat, enhancing
       | water quality and protecting productive farm and forest land in
       | coastal regions.
        
         | WarOnPrivacy wrote:
         | > I do not understand the opposition to bringing salt marshland
         | species - The change will happen anyway
         | 
         | As I understand, the transformation from one type of static
         | biosphere to a different type of static biosphere requires many
         | years of static conditions. It is the nature of a rapidly
         | changing climate to reduce or eliminate static conditions.
         | 
         | If we get to a point where coastal civilization is overclaimed
         | by the seas, then much man-made detritus will enter the oceans.
         | Much of that will find it's way into the new salted land,
         | impacting the transformation process.
        
       | nullserver wrote:
       | One group kept track of their lost islands for 10,000 years.
       | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-sea-rise-...
        
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