[Public-List] Climate change experiments at SERC on the Rhode River

[Gail DeMoss]

Cool!

On 12/9/25 11:37 AM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List wrote:
> «In a low-lying forest at the Smithsonian Environmental Research 
> Center (SERC), a team of scientists are quietly predicting the future. 
> For three summers, they’ve flooded the forest with brief deluges of 
> freshwater and saltwater. They’re mimicking the heavy downpours and 
> storm surges expected as more extreme weather batters the East Coast. 
> Their mission: Find out why storms can make forests stress out, and 
> how much stress a forest can take before it begins turning into a 
> ghost forest.»
>
> More at 
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-environmental-research-center/2025/12/05/scientists-flooded-a-forest-to-catch-a-ghost-forest-in-the-making/
>