Ghost forests are a haunting new indicator of climate change in the U.S.

Ever heard of a ghost forest? Well, it looks as haunting as it sounds. CBS News' Nancy Chen took a trip inside a ghost forest to learn about the striking new indicator of climate change and why the problem is growing along U.S. coasts.
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[@ronaldcole7415]

The Southern most point of the Florida peninsula before entering the Florida Keys has nearly a 60 mile stretch that is now either all dead or dying. Yep, long before the floods take the land, the trees, grasses, shrubs and everything else will die from salt water intrusion first.

[@billyboy4797]

Miami might be 8 feet underwater within 10 years.

[@glidercoach]

@@billyboy4797 You have no idea what you're talking about. The official NOAA tide gauge graph in Miami, which has been collecting data since 1931, officially states that current trends will sea a 1 foot rise in sea levels in 100 years. Stop spreading misinformation!

[@KailuaChick]

@@billyboy4797 but instead of telling people to think about moving before that time, they just keep spending billions (with a B) on pumps to move the water out when it’s just going to come right back 🤦‍♀️

[@glidercoach]

@@billyboy4797 The official NOAA tide gauge graph in Miami, which has been collecting data since 1931, officially states that current trends will sea a 1 foot rise in sea levels in 100 years. You're welcome.

[@deanfowles3707]

​@Donaldo Thomoson the truth is that there are so many unknowns in climate change. We don't really know what things will be like in 10 years much less 20. It's highly doubtful we will get 8ft sea level rise in 10 years but things can get much worse very quickly with climate change

[@vivavasquez]

while camping with a friend more then twenty years ago in Central California sitting on the beach watching the sunset , the beach had about 100 yards of dry sand that had not seen the high water mark in a long time , the ocean sounded really angry , i told my friend that maybe we should head back to camp , we walked down a path that was below sea level , not much later the ocean flooded the whole area , the ocean just came in and reclaimed the campground , we ended up on top of the park tables , this is now a wetland with a wooden path to observe the beauty . it was a shock but it turned out alright for this one place , so many years ago i had been trying to tell people about this , i think people just didn't care to hear it back then , but now its becoming a reality everywhere .

[@tcply9450]

do you know what continental drift is ? earth plates cant move without water being affected . and solar cycles has its role in this . same now as thousand years ago

[@vivavasquez]

@@tcply9450 it could have been a tsunami , but i did not feel an earthquake , these processes you speak of happen yes , but not as fast as human caused climate change , do your research !! i don't want to debate with a 14 year old.

[@ruairievans]

Guys you really should add capital letters at the start of the sentence and when you type "I."

[@QuartzMatrixed]

Yea things change. People. Places. Things. Climate is no different. Are you aware of Solar maximum and solar minimum? The cycles of sun? Or any other natural known reason? Let alone the fact we have no idea how time affects climate via changes in atmosphere, sun or any of the celestial bodies. I'm sure you are to brainwashed by the world to let yourself come to terms with fact we have been lied to about most everything under sun.

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

The oceans haven’t risen a millimeter in recorded history Victor do you know what the high tide is?

[@freeheeler09]

In the last twenty years I’ve worked in Montana, Washington, California, Arizona and Colorado. Whole forests have died or burned in each of these areas. Colorado was the most striking, with the whole headwaters of the Colorado River turning red and dying, something like 90%. Our current property is twelve acres of mostly dead ponderosa pines. The extent and speed of forest die off in the West is striking.

[@brollyhessianovskov-ph1jc]

Natural wildfires are down by 90 some percent in the past 100 years . What your seeing is a man made policy problem from lack of environmental expirence .

[@2A_supporter]

Swales are gonna be your best friend

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

Ever heard of bugs?

[@iv2sab512]

So in summary, climate change is causing huge problems, but we're okay as long as we have "solutions"? What?! The only "solution" seems to be finding a place to replant lost forests but that requires land that isn't already developed with roads, houses, and cities. What a bizarre take.

[@paulsawczyc5019]

Yeah - it's like those plans to colonize Mars, or live in underwater cities with clear glass bubble submarines.

[@glidercoach]

What huge problems are climate change causing? Between tectonic plate movement and a battering of the coast by the weather, do you really expect nothing to change? The coast is constantly changing. 99% of all animal species on the planet have gone extinct before the arrival of man. The extra Co2 in the atmosphere is making the earth greener. Food production is the highest in world history thanks to fossil fuels. Life expectancy is the highest in world history. Death from natural disasters is at the lowest in world history. Shocking worldwide poverty is at the lowest in world history. All this is about to change due to the false fear of Co2. But that's what the elite want. They want to reduce the world's population but are unwilling to sacrifice themselves first. Funny how that works.

[@SchmooFuzzy]

Nate's final statement, "as long as we have solutions we still have hope" indicates that he doesn't understand the problem facing us. The story was not about solutions. The story was about the severity of the problem. This ridiculous and dismissive attitude towards climate change by Nate and so many in our country is unbelievable.

[@glidercoach]

Solutions for an imaginary problem... Perfect. Open your wallets.

[@kpokpojiji]

​@@glidercoach can you then share with us the titles of some of the peer reviewed articles and abstracts on climate related science that you have read that have helped you form your opinion? Thank you in advance.

[@glidercoach]

@@kpokpojiji All peer reviewed studies are by people who profit from climate change. Any scientists with the courage to go against them are blacklisted and censored. Many have lost everything for daring to tell the truth. You know, like the scientists who were censored and ended up being right about covid, but lost everything. Remember? You're welcome.

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

​@@glidercoach And just what imaginary entity is trying to profit off that dear, do tell us. I think I'll belive millions of scientist over one tinfoil hat wearing goober on KZbin

[@glidercoach]

@@user-zy4wv7yx1z Everyone is jumping on the climate change bandwagon for profit. You must be new to the game. Trillions of dollars are up for grabs and everyone wants in. Scientists, politicians, the media and KZbinrs they are all cashing in on the fear of climate change. The facts are, the climate has been in a very stable state since the dust bowl era where millions of real climate refugees fled the Midwest to California to escape the heat.

[@craigkdillon]

As sea levels rise, the coastal marshes will become submerged and become part of the sea. Right now, we are dealing with centimeters and inches. In 50 years, it will be feet of sea level rise. In 100 to 200 years, it will be meters. 2000 years ago, Alexandria, Egypt, was a port. Today, it is still a port. There has been negligible sea level rise in 2000 years. That is over. In 100 years, Miami, New Orleans, Shanghai, Calcutta, and other low lying coastal cities will have to be abandoned. What will be the costs? Moving cities & people will take money, patience, and tolerance. In the US, we are lucky. US citizens can move anywhere in the country to resettle and start over. However, in Asia, people are separated by boundaries and passions. Will the Muslims of Bangladesh be allowed to move to India? Or Myanmar? Doubtful. As Bangladesh is devoured by the sea, millions will die. In human terms, it is a slow acting tragedy. In geological terms, it is almost instantaneous. We are entering a new climate/geologic age.

[@craigkdillon]

@@innerlocus don't be silly. Climate change does not work like that.

[@glidercoach]

Where are you getting your data from to make such a wild and false claim? There is no place on earth that scientifically indicates such sea level rise. The NOAA tide gauge which is near Chesapeake bay (where this is) indicates a rise of 1.3 feet in 100 years while the tide gauge in Tofino, Canada indicates an 8 inch *DROP* in sea level in 100 years. Stop spreading misinformation. The more you know...

[@anglosaxonmike8325]

Sea levels are NOT rising.

[@craigkdillon]

@@anglosaxonmike8325 I see. You know all, OH Great One. Actually they. It has been measured.

[@syco_hundreds2661]

It’s called the new world order. They are meeting ice in Antarctica faster now

[@fordsrestorations970]

Also what was said there at the end of this news brief is a perfect example of the problem , people sitting in chairs philosophizing and dreaming but nobody does nothing.... but people are going to jump up when the water comes to their doorstep

[@glidercoach]

There is nothing you can do. The area is sinking. Raising taxes and spending money will only make some people more wealthy... and not you. You will become poorer.

[@glidercoach]

@@dscott_ You make it sound like it has never happened. It happened in the 1870's and again in 1921 when it killed up to 60 million people... ...and Co2 levels were low! 🤣

[@glidercoach]

@@dscott_ You made a false claim about the climate and now you are talking about perspective and the universe? I'm confused. What's happening in the Ukraine has nothing to do with cereal prices. The elite want to overthrow Russia for their natural resources.

[@glidercoach]

@@dscott_ Look what up? How much time have you spent overseas? Do you believe everything you see in the news or do you try fact checking or get opposing information?

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@glidercoach CO2 is good.

[@rockskipper5353]

In indiana we have those too .. because farmers direct all the water off there fields into the forest .. idk if I need to mention all the pestisides, herbicide, fungicide, insecticide,and fertilizer

[@fireorb2]

I watched a good video on climate solutions. Basically billionaires are the issue since their cardon footprints are significantly larger than ours. Yet they pin the blame on the people who are forced into using their products, gas for cars, roads not walkable, reliable transportation, etc. People are disgusting.

[@johnnybgoode8104]

Looks like a spot for a new Dollar General

[@kennethmorrison7689]

A fate we can't escape.

[@Stupidityindex]

Not like a voice for Extinction Rebellion.

[@glidercoach]

Correct. The whole region is sinking and Co2 is not to blame.

[@anglosaxonmike8325]

Lowest temperatures this Winter in the US for 116 years. 70 feet of snow. Ice at the Poles at an 8 year high. Stop the lies.

[@Stupidityindex]

@@anglosaxonmike8325 Jenifer Flowers, explains about the Jetstream, how it is affected by the arctic being 3 degrees about normal.

[@dante0spencer0domain]

Hmm except we can very much escape and know how

[@phil20_20]

Delmarva is all below 50 ft, and most of it's only 33 feet or less. 😢

[@innerlocus]

Mother Earth sent a little girl to warn people and Capitalism laughed and mocked the very idea of climate change in the US.

[@SaintPatrick1970]

No actually George Soros sent that “innocent” little girl 🙄

[@Riclmnopp]

😂😂😂

[@glidercoach]

The little girl before Greta Thunberg? That's right. 32 years ago they had another cute young girl preaching to the world about the dangers of climate change. Her name is Severn Cullis-Suzuki. After Thunberg cashes in, they will find another cute young girl to divide the world and make billions of dollars on an imaginary problem.

[@kpokpojiji]

​@@glidercoach you obviously do not understand either economics or climate science.

[@innerlocus]

@@glidercoach 🤡Chump?

[@ericmonnin3753]

It’s almost like nature is adjusting to us building on the coast lines. Weird. People build subdivisions on marsh lands and then are confused when march lands appear somewhere else, almost like nature is trying to compensate for what’s missing. But what do I know…

[@michaeltrower741]

A solution? Please. That should have happened decades ago.

[@sarcasmo57]

It's cool, at least I can still drive my giant truck around.

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

Cool story bro, nobody cares

[@craigkdillon]

What does it mean to enter a new climate age?? A climate age is an age where a climate is stable over hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years. However, the time marking the end of one, and the beginning of another, is very short. Geologically, in the rock record, a climate change seems almost instantaneous. The Pliocene lasted from 5.3 mya to 2.6 mya. Oceans were 70 feet deeper than today, while CO2 was 390ppm. Today, CO2 is 420ppm, and rising at 3ppm/yr. When will the new climate age stabilize into the coming Anthropocene?? How long will it take?? What will the world climate be like when it stabilizes? We do not know the answers to these questions.

[@jswets5007]

Don't confuse the narrative with logic. The alarmists are ringing... Thank you for trying to quite the ignorance.

[@glidercoach]

The climate will never be stable. It's consistently inconsistent. Live with it!

[@kpokpojiji]

​@@jswets5007 can you then share with us the titles of some of the peer reviewed articles and abstracts on climate related science that you have read that have helped you form your opinion? Thanks in advance.

[@craigkdillon]

@@glidercoach Actually, you are wrong. Weather is inconsistent, climate is remarkably stable. The Sahara has been a desert for 6000 years - quite stable. The Amazon has been around for millions of years -- quite stable. Droughts and floods are weather related not climate. People get climate and weather confused all the time.

[@jswets5007]

@@kpokpojiji What opinion have I stated? There are plenty of resources available. It is not my job to educate you, and I have not endeavored to do so. You have decided to troll me because you do not like that I support the facts stated by the OP.

[@AnimeShinigami13]

old forests are important though, they sequester more CO2 than young plantings. However, marshland IS important. I'm a gardener though, so I know full well how much damage salt can do to land. My garden feeds me and provides therapy and art material, so i have to be aware of certain factors, including the way heat, water, air and soil change inside of a given area over time. Its why I get so upset when people's garbage blows into my garden because I don't want those pollutants getting into my food.

[@teethompson7756]

It's great to finally see climate stories hitting mainstream news, unfortunately it is being reported without the urgency it demands. I feel like I'm watching "Don't Look Up" in real life when these host try to sugarcoat the story by end with these bland "there's still hope" comments rather than a call for more interest and action. Sea level rise along the coast, drought followed by flood in our agricultural areas, forest fires and raging tornadoes all add up to food shortage. What kinds of problems would that cause, and how soon?

[@david4096]

Let them grow rice .

[@Grace-jb7me]

I live in Maryland and never even realized this is what this is called!

[@paulcolson3220]

Yep. See them on the gulf coast. Striking.

[@JohnLee-vi7us]

Before the European arrived in this continental a squirrel doesn't have to the ground travel from California to Maine said the Indian.

[@tarikmehmedika2754]

Thinking about lowlands Mayrland doesn't come to mind first. Louisians and the Netherlands and probably Bangladesh are thw first ones most people think about. This is so usefull to learn and to rainse awareness about these places too. In my country in SE Europe the river which empties out into the Adriatic sea allready mixes with river water inland even if it is 5 miles inland, but it is below 3 ft above sea level. This happens especially in drought years when the rivers discharge is very low.

[@Me97202]

The Dutch are prepared for sea level rise.

[@tarikmehmedika2754]

@@Me97202 I know, but i said some places like the Netherlands are more known about having lowlands than others.

[@fredgonzalez7136]

“ At the most likely rate of rise, some experts say, most beaches on the East Coast of the United States will be gone in 25 years.” NYT, Williams Stevens, 1995!

[@FortitudineVincimus]

The key word there is "some". How many is "some"?

[@fredgonzalez7136]

@@FortitudineVincimus who cares, the point is 25 years later and the East Cost beaches are still there, just like in 1996.

[@FortitudineVincimus]

@@fredgonzalez7136 Who cares? Obviously not you. Just ignore the fact the oil industry did their own studies, decades ago, on how the continuing of burning fossil fuels was going to destroy the climate... and covered up their findings. Their profits are more important than the environment.

[@AA-vi1cc]

A lot of the sedimentary coasts along the east coast have been eroding and rely on annual beach nourishment projects to maintain them. Without those costly interventions, many beaches would be much smaller or gone by now

[@an.american]

If that be the case new beaches will form. Don't worry sunbather you'll have a beach to relax on.

[@ryanfulton8421]

The irony of a news segment about climate change being sponsored by STIHL is pretty hilarious.

[@xevious2501]

If we were to find a planet with the remains of alien ruins, and the planet in dismay, we would think of them as a not so intelligent people who brought their world to catastrophe. unfortunately that may be the case of ourselves in the next 300 years. Even now. we chop down our forests to make goods, the very source of the air we need to survive. and we call ourselves intelligent beings.

[@jamesmurray8558]

It has been 43 years since Mt.St.Helens.Point.

[@sbeast64]

Another feedback loop: Less trees, more co2 in the atmosphere, higher temps, more sea level rise.

[@ericjorgensen8028]

Is the land subsiding? I think that is a factor that was not mentioned

[@lewisdoherty7621]

There are cypresses which can grow in Maryland and are salt tolerant. That area should be replanted in something else

[@dan-patrickobrien3580]

Cypress only grow in the south. They have a few stragglers in Maryland but not Cypress forests or cypress/tupelo swamps. Maryland is way to far north it's climate won't allow subtropical species.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

@@dan-patrickobrien3580 I wondered and then looked at the species distribution maps before posting which showed a presence in Maryland. But guess they are marginal.

[@dan-patrickobrien3580]

@@lewisdoherty7621 yeah like I said sporadic cypress trees are present there but not to the extent of saving the forest. There are very few swamps or floodplains in Maryland for runoff as opposed to states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia or South Carolina where the states are comprised of vast and various wetland ecosystems.

[@Kiyoone]

*EAST PALESTINE - OHIO* will be like this soon enough... and many others

[@athos1974]

So many people just live in denial. They just can't mentally grasp the reality. They become angry when you try to explain it to them. So I don't bother anymore. I am 49 and won't be around in 50 years when the environment will be much much worse. I feel sympathy for the younger people that are going to suffer.

[@petepete2284]

"we knew this was a problem for a while". Only until we see it will we acknowledge it. If only this would apply to guns.

[@Kholmi.28]

Why are we as human's so destructive? With all this "intelligence" we've destroyed the planet instead of improving it.😞

[@danielszymanski-jw5kq]

We know the climate has changed before! So now it's changing again! It's has changed multiple times in history this is common knowledge

[@anglosaxonmike8325]

Lowest temperatures this Winter in the US for 116 years. 70 feet of snow. Ice at the Poles at an 8 year high. Stop the lies.

[@pizzas4breakfast]

All I hear all day is how great marshes are. Marshes Marshes marshes!!

[@toyotaprius79]

They protect your whole neighborhood from flooding and they lock in carbon from plant matter being locked into water logged soils

[@johns.greene2592]

They're called "drunken forests".

[@emack76]

You can't responsibly discuss rising sea levels without also talking about land subsidence. You're either engaging in lazy journalism or you are purposefully not telling the whole story. The sea has been rising for at least 10,000 years and have been rising steadily since the mid-1800's. Have fun with your #ClimateScam

[@rickricky5626]

people need to realize our time left is kinda short

[@JoSeF...]

Sure buddy, that's why we still have 30 year mortgages?

[@rickricky5626]

@@JoSeF... haha,,,,thats funny...i hope you were joking right

[@jerseyclamboi6353]

The real reason it’s 3X faster on the east coast is because the entire east coast in that area is sinking 2X faster than everywhere else due to subduction and erosion. There is a Rutgers study on sea level rise from a few years ago that talks about this.

[@Me97202]

That’s happening in Florida too. Every time it floods, the land sinks a little bit more.

[@BrianKliewer]

I've been noticing this here in Maine. The gulf of Maine, which stretches from Cape Cod to the southern tip of Nova Scotia, has been warming faster than 99% of the world's oceans in the last decade. Revelation 11:18 says God will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth."

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

Go in a room in an hour do you smell something weird and ask if other people smell it and keep saying no I smell something and within a minute a couple of other people will agree with you and then others will agree with them and others and others. Life changes… Weather patterns change over time… Look back in history! Don’t be a damn lemming

[@AA-vi1cc]

@@oneanddonetzone3673climate has changed in the past but not this quickly or for this reason. The C13 Suess effect shows that our fossil fuel emissions are causing the warming now. Try google scholar as a source for real science

[@nesseb1]

@@oneanddonetzone3673 they change, but normally not in one generation.

[@cowboyx9380]

@@nesseb1 umm YES weather is completely different from one generation to the next…you clowns are gauging climate based on 150 years…of a planet that is BILLIONS of years old? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 please….get real. 3000 years from todaythe ground where you stand will be covered in ice…FACT!

[@brandonhopkins6251]

​​@@oneanddonetzone3673 it's not weather it's climate, and it's what we're doing to the climate with fossil fuels, this isn't change it's death

[@lachlanhen31]

showing logged land

[@thomasmanning829]

Where is this? This photo of tiny dead trees and what looks like tundra. Where is it?

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

And here I thought it was the logging industry.

[@HuplesCat]

It is not one thing but eight billion burning fossil fuels and consuming much more than the planet’s carrying capacity

[@glidercoach]

Sea levels are NOT rising. This area is sinking. This is a propaganda story to keep the public scared and to feel the need to be saved... at a price... of course.

[@sweetcorn8166]

volcanos clean the dirt better than anything else

[@rarecandy3445]

if the solution involves a profit, its not a solution.

[@francoisavejaculates7045]

Marshlands are very important. Land is never "lost"?

[@SapphireX413]

This is a poor example, Maryland is sinking. Most of the land subsidence occurring in the Chesapeake Bay area is due to groundwater depletion

[@MyerShift7]

Don't worry, the benevolent governments will force you to live like the Amish while themselves continuing to carry on and let businesses do the same.

[@chinookvalley]

Looks like a forest that was exposed to glyphosates. The Rocky Mtn forests are dying en masse and no one pays attention. Our wildlife is dying. And so will we.

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

It's insects too. Over a decade ago, huge swaths of ash trees began to die from the emerals ash borer. I now see signs of the beginning of the end for our white pines, from a virus. The needles begin to turn light green, then yellow. I was in the northern part of Michigan camping last year, but I was full of dread, seeing the signs of dead or dying trees all around me.

[@david4096]

Pestalence .Heat fire,s and floods .

[@lourdesmurilloquintana5123]

The goberment should invest in reviving these damage and by doing so could employ people.

[@louise9973]

This is extremely important. We need to act now.

[@jonathandarts1956]

What do we need to do since the scientist in the video had no clue, which was quite embarrassing!!

[@NightRunner417]

@@jonathandarts1956 We need to build a time machine and go back about 30-40 years when the big changes would have mattered.

[@glidercoach]

How should we act? Ancient cultures sacrificed humans to please the weather Gods and modern cultures burned women as witches for cooking the weather. Co2 levels were low during this time of scary weather, so it wasn't Co2 related. Maybe we should try human sacrifice again. They probably did it wrong. Or maybe the climate has always been catastrophic and we should learn to live with it? No. Let's spend money we don't have on something we can't control.

[@annettemack4825]

​@@jonathandarts1956 We must stop using fossil fuels!

[@discoveringthegardenofeden7882]

The geologic record is full of petrified ghost forests. Cut the trees. Don't let their wood go to waste.

[@gotonowhere1]

Planting mangrove in front few layers

[@robertbolton9450]

Mangrove chaste trees wisteria trees crabapple tress crape myrtle trees dogwood trees flowing pear trees flowering plum trees.

[@an.american]

Where is the research. This type of thing has been happening for millions of years.

[@AA-vi1cc]

The research is all over the internet. Try google scholar. Climate has changed in the past but not this fast or for this reason

[@maryjeanjones7569]

Yes but the earth was not supporting Billions of humans for millions of years. The climate change we are dealing with today has been caused by humans worldwide.

[@an.american]

@@AA-vi1cc I want *them* and the *producers* of this particular story to present me with *their* evidence and credits. 🤜🤛

[@AA-vi1cc]

@@an.american fair enough but that’s true of most media. They only give this scientist’s name but you could probably find related studies on google scholar

[@optimalprimidius7295]

@@an.american Are your eyes broken? Did you fail 7th grade earth sciences? Could you even read the study papers? Yeah, you won't find it on faux spews either. LOL

[@coupdegras107]

Nate is really good. Far better than Strahan

[@alfonsomunoz4424]

2:28 MS in geology here. Sea level isn't rising any faster in one part of the globe than in any other. The effects just may be more evident, or other areas are more susceptible.

[@markanthony3275]

In the AR6 report on climate, the IPCC scientists on the U.N. payroll show that the average increase in sea levels is about 2mm...or the thickness of a dime. There is no rise in sea levels, there are only eroding coastlines and sinking overdevelopment...built where it never should have been built. Look at the elites...buying up private islands in the Caribbean like there's no tomorrow...you don't see them sand bagging do you? You don't see Obama sand bagging at his ocean front mansion do you? You don't see them giving up their private jets and yachts in order to teleconference , do you ? OK then...there is no climate emergency.

[@amestoy1418]

Replace it with mangroves they survive in salt water

[@LowOfSolipsism]

Introduce mangroove forest to slowdown coast salt expansion. Or womangroves if pronounces is more important to broken society.

[@elmernagui744]

then plant mangroves to replace these trees and create mangrove forest

[@tomallen9377]

Sad to see. Perhaps plant mangrove forests to protect the shoreline and increase biomass. May not save the local forests but may create good habitats

[@skiptheroad]

It is the first of May in Northern Michigan and the snow is still falling. I'm praying for at least 4 weeks of summer this year.

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

We've had cold rain down in the lower part of Michigan, I saw you guys up there got snow. We've been getting less snow down here each year, from even 20 years ago. I remember being a kid and the snow would be up to my waist.

[@brollyhessianovskov-ph1jc]

These people are crazy lol. Love reading the comments on these types of videos.... wolverines and reindeer are doing better and hopefully return to the yoop soon

[@Iquey]

It will thaw very fast in a few weeks I bet. Brace for mid-spring flooding.

[@stevethompson6226]

The climate has been changing since the beginning of time. Nothing we do will stop it, or change it.

[@poolshoesandrandomscrews1156]

Hahaha I’m at 914 feet above sea level, I should be good for another year

[@HuplesCat]

Got space for refugees? Totally self sufficient?

[@skyoneasassin]

What will we do when the amount of trees left standing on the planet begins to not be enough to properly provide us with oxygen...

[@loukmanelwartiti4470]

We shoud replace them with mangroves

[@Jim19826301]

Mangroves wont grow in those states! Native plants will take over in time!

[@hera7884]

Use this as an opportunity to plant massive amounts of mangrove trees.

[@mysaga]

is it not possible to plant trees which can withstand the salt? I know introducing foreign species and objects can lead to adverse effects on the environment however the adverse effects of Climate Change is already causing issues such as the Forest dying would planting mangrove trees help with the salinity as well as provide buffers from erosion and habitat for geological growth

[@WobbigongSoundSystem]

Not Casper the friendly, but a ghost that will haunt humanity as our beautiful biosphere is destroyed by our stupid ecological choices.

[@brendaluv2017]

Save the seeds from the trees that’s what I think it’s best solution

[@VolCanixWorx]

Why aren't you all terraforming the terrain? Come haul some of this dirt from Texas up there and save those areas!

[@ryansmiley5495]

Stop preserving human life and nature will recover

[@fungames9682]

The problem is human intervetion filling in wet lands and take more water out of the ground than can be replaced. There is the problem salt water intrusion and great marshs

[@leemichaels406]

It's already here...

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

Those forrests have been around forever.

[@Jim19826301]

those trees are maybe 150 years old and no one knows what was there in the past!

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet

[@whyareyou5000]

The UV index is so high, the light from the sun kills the plants... we need to cleane our ozone fast

[@markanthony3275]

No...that hoax was ended years ago.

[@CoCojoy420]

I still wanna see Guam tip over

[@kimweaver1252]

Mountains don't tip over.

[@glidercoach]

@@kimweaver1252 He's referring to an American democratic politician Hank Johnson who testified he was concerned Guam would tip over from too many military personnel being on the island. His constituency has kept him in office. 🤣

[@markcampbell7577]

What was overlooked at the end of this doc is that scientists know that ocean level is unstoppable. Even if scientists finally convince society to enforce the Treaties instituted by scientists and ratified by Congress the best efforts are not going to stop the melting of the polar ice caps. 4. 5 ft per twenty years and accelerating. .

[@johncremeans969]

The land around the Chesapeake Bay is sinking due to a meteor that hit earth millions of years ago and it's still sinking not rising sea levels

[@cmejia305]

What a genius

[@paulsawczyc5019]

Humans seem to refer to everything as a "resource" - I guess their mother is a "resource".

[@ganjagun3997]

Save the trees!

[@TerroristicNightmares]

All countries will see a new coastline...

[@mr.factoid105]

so its a storm surge problem. Sea level rise as only come up something like an inch or two, but the storms are more frequent and more powerful. Thus, the surge is inundating the soil with salt. When I clicked on this video I thought it would be salt contamination form rising water tables or something.

[@quinnmorgendorffer531]

the bay's level has been rising faster than the seas because the land underneath the bay is actually sinking

[@mr.factoid105]

@@quinnmorgendorffer531 ah

[@shakeemwinn3647]

😂! We should had done this twenty years ago.

[@wubbalubbadubdub7915]

It's almost like we are coming out of an ice age and it's a natural cycle or something 😏

[@HuplesCat]

Except it is not at all natural as we are warming the planet ten thousand times faster than any previous warming. The slow rises caused mass extinction. Science says your comment is misinformed

[@glidercoach]

That's exactly what it is. The area is sinking from the ice age glaciers melting. If sea level rise was a problem, the whole world would be going under water.

[@sgtpepperz25]

The earth changes and will continue to do so for a long time...nothing stays the same.

[@RichardSilvius]

Trying to spin this into a feel-good story at the end... "Don't Look Up" had you people pegged.

[@jhouriet]

marshes are great and 'ghost forests' are click bait. 'ghost forest' is just stupid.

[@matthewkeating-od6rl]

they need to plant bayou trees that can take salt water.

[@forcingclimateinfo7014]

Strange i can see dying trees from east coast into inland in Sweden in the polar circle, and i i think it's of too much carbon dioxid, methane, to high and low temperature at same time. Hope is why we have abrupt irreversible climate change, you cant have an hopium smoking pipe agenda,, sorry in your dreams you can:)Thanks and PZ Sweden!!

[@markanthony3275]

Too much CO2? Too much PLANT FOOD ? No...TOO LITTLE PLANT FOOD. We need MORE CO2, not less. The world's forests were never healthier than when England burned coal during the industrial revolution...something you can see in the quality of wood from that time period.

[@nikeprojock]

we need scientists to make gmos that like to drink salt water

[@claudelebel49]

A cycle from birth to death and the birth of something new. Just more of the same as far as planet Earth is concerned. My body will not last forever and neither will the forest,

[@SpencerC9797]

Quick call Al Gore, it's MANBEARPIG!

[@aerystargaryenii2565]

Man it's really time to just give in and become a dooms day prepper. But I don't someone getting rich off of my misery and paranoia

[@HuplesCat]

Prepping doesn’t require buying more stuff and furthering the cause

[@markcampbell7577]

The generation of electric power can be improved using old generator technology. Tesla bound Edison's generator with magnets all around the armature and used water to move the armature magnets and coils of copper wire. We could use the field magnets to move the armature magnets and coils of copper wire instead of using steam frome nuclear power plants or wind and fossil fuels steam. The power plants are not much different than hydroelectric power plants or wind power plants except for the lack of water or wind to move the armature magnets and coils of copper wire. We add inverters and transformers to deliver high voltage AC power to the power lines and contrary to wind power this is continuous peak power without fuel or pollution.

[@PhilipPedro2112]

How do you know it's not subsidence?

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

Because geologists would know if it was. Use your brain

[@jaykanta4326]

@@user-zy4wv7yx1z But randos always know better than experts. It's the internet law.

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

@@jaykanta4326 He changed his comment 😂 he had originally put "subduction". He's not the brightest bulb in the box

[@PhilipPedro2112]

What is the process to determine subsidence versus sea level rise? I'm betting none of you are geologists either.

[@PhilipPedro2112]

@@user-zy4wv7yx1z I respect expert knowledge but I don't automatically defer to them either.