Tree-Ring and Sediment Analyses Reveal Processes of Bald Cypress Ghost Forest Formation From Dredging in the Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA.

Forested, freshwater tidal wetlands in the southeastern US are dominated by bald cypresses (), which tolerate low levels of salinity. However, the response of old-growth bald cypress trees to prolonged increases in salinity remains uncertain. Bald cypress ghost forests occur along Smith Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina which has been dredged multiple times since 1871.

Historically unprecedented Northern Gulf of Mexico hurricane activity from 650 to 1250 CE.

Hurricane Michael (2018) was the first Category 5 storm on record to make landfall on the Florida panhandle since at least 1851 CE (Common Era), and it resulted in the loss of 59 lives and $25 billion in damages across the southeastern U.S. This event placed a spotlight on recent intense (exceeding Category 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) hurricane landfalls, prompting questions about the natural range in variability of hurricane activity that the instrumental record is too short to address.