News Headline

Within sight of New York City, an old-growth forest faces storms and sea-level rise

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-12-04

Bounding the southern approach to New York harbor, New Jersey's low, narrow Sandy Hook peninsula is home to an extremely rare forest: a 65-acre patch of eastern holly and red cedar trees, some of which date to the early 1800s. Close to sea level, rooted in nutrient-poor sand and exposed to wind from all directions, such forests once covered much of the East Coast.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-12-sight-york-city-old-growth-forest.html