Washed up boat and beach erosion after storm swell, Southern California. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Research by Scripps Institution of Oceanography has found that the 2015-16 El Niño caused major beach erosion and closed estuaries, even if it didn’t bring record rain…
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Research Highlight: Scientifically, This Was Still a Monster El Niño Year, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (05-05-2016)
There’s a public perception that El Niño never came but it certainly did from an ocean perspective,” said Scripps coastal oceanographer Sarah Giddings, who studied its effects on Southern California estuaries.
With sea levels elevated as much as 30 centimeters (11 inches) above predicted heights between October and April and energetic waves consistently pounding the West Coast, much of the erosive power of this year’s El Niño storms was realized. The combination of elevated sea levels and steady wave power promises to give several research teams at Scripps and other academic centers compelling data with which to make inferences about the look of the coast in the future…
Where’s all the sand in La Jolla? CA; La Jolla Light (05-06-2016)
La Jolla beaches in Southern California, present an erosion level that has surprised residents and visitors this spring…
What happened to all the sand at San Pedro’s Cabrillo Beach? Daily Breeze (02-16-2016)
Powerful, El Niño-fueled waves have washed away massive amounts of sand at many of L.A. County’s beaches, causing more erosion than typical winter months. Countywide, beaches have seen 25 to 50 percent erosion since last summer…
El Niño Erosion Leaves Pacifica Apartments On The Brink Of Collapse, Video; Huffington Science (01-27-2016)
Erosion blamed on El Niño rains is tearing away at the cliffs of Pacifica, just outside San Francisco, California. Drone footage shows how volatile the situation is, and how close to the literal edge some apartments are…
UCSB Researchers Studying El Niño Sea Level Rise, CA; SB Independent (03-07-2016)
Since the arrival of El Niño in November, sea levels have risen 20 cm to become a surrogate for the next 250 years of climate change, giving scientists the prime opportunity to study future erosion of the Santa Barbara coastline…
