Ghost forests, the cemetery-like groupings of dead trees killed by saltwater intrusion, have become haunting symbols of sea level rise overtaking land along the Mid-Atlantic coast. But a new study published in Nature Sustainability, led by William Mary's Batten School VIMS, points to even more dra matic land losses in the region's coastal farmlands, where the rate of marsh encroachment is happening nearly twice as fast. ...read more read less