Dams – Cutting off our Beach Sand; By Gary Griggs
The total amount of beach sand trapped behind all of California’s coastal dams totals about 200 million cubic yards, or a line of dump trucks bumper to bumper stretching completely around the world nearly four times. “Dams – Cutting off our Beach Sand” is excerpted from “Our Ocean Backyard- Collected Essays, ” a book by Gary Griggs.
Climate Change Takes A Village
As the planet warms, a remote Alaskan town shows just how unprepared we are.
West Coast Braces For Mudslides From Pineapple Express Storm
The huge, swirling system, the worst storm to strike the area in years – covered much of California Thursday – bringing strong gales and much-needed rain and snow, while 3 houses has fallen prey to the Pacific Ocean at Washaway Beach in Pacific County…
Kiawah Developer Denied Permits for Capt. Sam’s Spit Sea Walls, SC
The South Carolina’s Supreme Court has ruled against granting a permit for a sea wall and revetment on Capt. Sam’s Spit – the wildlife-rich, 150-acre spit that is a prized piece of disappearing natural coast.
The Tour de France Coastal Route Modified Due to a Major Landslide
With seven months till the launch of the 2015 cycling event, the Tour de France’s 6th leg – between Abbeville and Le Havre – had to be modified today, because of the collapsing of a coastal cliff at Pourville, Normandy.
Louisiana’s Moon Shot
The state hopes to save its rapidly disappearing coastline with a 50-year, $50 billion plan based on science that’s never been tested and money it doesn’t have. What could go wrong?
Sloat Erosion Campaign; West Coast of San Francisco
Due to coastal erosion, the Sloat shoreline is in a state of blight. Surfrider San Francisco, is working to restore the beach at Sloat Blvd., and advocating a plan of managed retreat and relocation of infrastructure away from the ocean.
Protect the World’s Deltas
The rich delta ecosystem and the services it provides, storm protection, nutrient and pollution removal and carbon storage, are being destroyed. Worldwide deltas are on course to drown, starved of sediment by dams and dikes, and fragmented by economic development. Rising seas compound the sediment crisis.
Why S.F. is Moving 42,000 Tons of Sand Down Ocean Beach
It’s part of an effort by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, working with the National Park Service, to move 30,000 cubic yards of sand, from the north end of the wide beach to the south, which is where it came from in the first place… Meanwhile, Mother Nature will keep moving the sand north, and the city will keep trucking it south.