The Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula has an estimated 27 million tons of carbon stored in its trees and other biomass. Over a 35-year period, satellite imagery showed more than 10% of the area’s tree ...

Finding the tipping point for coastal wetlands Date: January 25, 2022 Source: Duke University Summary: Much of North Carolina's Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula lies just a few feet above sea level ...

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund is a $5 million, 10-year program established by Enviva in December 2015 to protect environmentally sensitive bottomland and wetland forests. Administered by the U.S ...

Since 2004, Bernhardt and a team of researchers from Duke University and North Carolina State University have been closely monitoring the coastal wetlands of Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in North ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula covers more than 2,000 square miles on the North Carolina coastal plain, a vast expanse of forested swamps and tea-colored creeks. Many people would ...

A pair of satellite images from October 2005 and October 2024 show the spread of the dead trees in Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula, home of the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.. In the images ...

Many ghost forests are expanding; estimates suggest that since 1985, 11 percent of forest in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula has been converted to ...

As the frequency of tropical storms and droughts increase and sea levels rise with climate change, forested wetlands along the Atlantic coast are slowly filling with dead and dying trees. The ...

Identifying Sources and Oxidation of Methane in Standing Dead Trees in Freshwater Forested Wetlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science , 2022; 9 DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.737379 Melinda Martinez ...

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from standing dead trees in coastal wetland forests - colloquially called "tree farts" - need to be accounted ...

GREENVILLE, S.C., January 10, 2022 /3BL Media/ - A nearly 800-acre property in Bertie and Hertford Counties in North Carolina has been permanently conserved thanks to a purchase by the North Caroli ...