Forests are dying along North Carolina's coast—and it's speeding up

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Oct 5, 2026, 6:00 pm259 ptsTop
A new study finds that coastal forest loss in North Carolina's Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula began accelerating after 2010 and may still be speeding up. The study also found that North Carolina lost more than 20% of its coastal forest between 1985 and 2021.

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