William & Mary on Mythryl: “Sea level rise is quietly reshaping farmland along the Mid-Atlantic…”

Sea level rise is quietly reshaping farmland along the Mid-Atlantic coast. A new study from William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS found that about 25,000 acres of farmland turned into marsh between 1984 and 2022.

news.wm.eduSea level rise is swallowing Mid-Atlantic farmland faster than expected, study findsGhost forests have become haunting symbols of sea level rise overtaking land along the Mid-Atlantic coast. But a new study points to even more dramatic land losses in the region’s coastal farmlands.

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