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7. “All Things California Coastal Erosion” with Dr. Gary Griggs California's Eroding Coastline
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On this final episode, I talk with Dr. Gary Griggs. A foremost figure in research and policy on California’s coastal erosion crisis, Dr. Griggs discusses with me all things California coastal erosion. We discuss what has exacerbated the current coastal erosion crisis, what is being done to address it, what has worked and what has failed, and where we go from here. Linked below are select texts from Dr. Griggs’ capacious body of work on the subject and provide a wonderful jumping off point to learning about our coastal crisis.
Dr. Griggs is Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at UC Santa Cruz. His research is focused on the coastal zone and ranges from coastal evolution and development, through shoreline processes, coastal hazards and coastal engineering, and sea level rise. Recent research projects have focused on documenting and understanding coastal erosion processes including temporal and spatial variations in rates of retreat; evaluating the effectiveness of coastal protection structures and the impacts of coastal engineering projects (seawalls, jetties, breakwaters) on coastal processes and beaches; evaluating beach processes and quantifying littoral cell budgets and human impacts on these budgets; impacts of extreme events such as El Ninos) on coastlines; the impacts of sea level rise on California's beaches and coastline; and coastal policies to reduce the impacts of hazards and sea level rise.
Many thanks to the Bilinski foundation and the Bilinski fellowship at Bodega Bay Marine Lab for providing the funding that made this series possible.
Links: department website for Dr. Griggs https://eps.ucsc.edu/faculty/Profiles/fac-only.php?uid=griggs ; link to his LA times article https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-06/california-coast-sea-level-rise-climate-solutions ; link to Coasts In Crisis: A Global Challenge https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520293625/coasts-in-crisis ; link to Dr. Griggs’ numerous other published books https://www.ucpress.edu/search.php?q=Gary+Griggs ; Santa Cruz Coast https://www.santacruz.org/things-to-do/beaches/
On this final episode, I talk with Dr. Gary Griggs. A foremost figure in research and policy on California’s coastal erosion crisis, Dr. Griggs discusses with me all things California coastal erosion. We discuss what has exacerbated the current coastal erosion crisis, what is being done to address it, what has worked and what has failed, and where we go from here. Linked below are select texts from Dr. Griggs’ capacious body of work on the subject and provide a wonderful jumping off point to learning about our coastal crisis.
Dr. Griggs is Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at UC Santa Cruz. His research is focused on the coastal zone and ranges from coastal evolution and development, through shoreline processes, coastal hazards and coastal engineering, and sea level rise. Recent research projects have focused on documenting and understanding coastal erosion processes including temporal and spatial variations in rates of retreat; evaluating the effectiveness of coastal protection structures and the impacts of coastal engineering projects (seawalls, jetties, breakwaters) on coastal processes and beaches; evaluating beach processes and quantifying littoral cell budgets and human impacts on these budgets; impacts of extreme events such as El Ninos) on coastlines; the impacts of sea level rise on California's beaches and coastline; and coastal policies to reduce the impacts of hazards and sea level rise.
Many thanks to the Bilinski foundation and the Bilinski fellowship at Bodega Bay Marine Lab for providing the funding that made this series possible.
Links: department website for Dr. Griggs https://eps.ucsc.edu/faculty/Profiles/fac-only.php?uid=griggs ; link to his LA times article https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-06/california-coast-sea-level-rise-climate-solutions ; link to Coasts In Crisis: A Global Challenge https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520293625/coasts-in-crisis ; link to Dr. Griggs’ numerous other published books https://www.ucpress.edu/search.php?q=Gary+Griggs ; Santa Cruz Coast https://www.santacruz.org/things-to-do/beaches/
52 min