California’s cliffs are crumbling as climate change reshapes the coast

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/26/california-coastline-changes-cliffs-climate-change/

by Brajeshwar • 3 years ago

15 6 3 years ago

washingtonpost.com

sleepytimetea• 3 years ago

Paywalled

suid• 3 years ago

https://archive.is/l5NWq

gyudin• 3 years ago

Was there at least a single instance in history of our planet when climate hasn’t been changing though? Or is it some kind of Zen haiku - Upon Pacific's stage, Cliffs stand, kissed by endless light, Silhouettes etched by age.

Whispers tell a tale, Of stoic form yielding grain, In the sea breeze's gale.

Erosion's soft dance, Crumbling into the sea's song, Life's unending trance.

everybodyknows• 3 years ago

Those who are rich enough have another solution: Figure out who has to be paid to make it happen, then build a wall of steel-reinforced concrete:

https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2021-06-11/seawall-ap...

Push the problem of keeping the sand above water by lobbying for routine dredge-and-pump operations to bring sand up from offshore:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-count...

No one will ask how or why such sand made its way offshore in the first place ...

aerostable_slug• 3 years ago

This is a fantastic resource for those who'd like to check out how the coastline has changed over the years, as well as check out some interesting points of interest — like the pictures that spawned the Streisand Effect, the ranch near Big Sur that Linus Pauling used to own, etc. If you go back far enough, some of the photos of Vandenberg AFB are censored to avoid the ire of the then-Air Force (now Space Force).

https://www.californiacoastline.org/

When I worked at PG&E, some in corporate security did not like that site at all: you can quite clearly see various physical security improvements made to Diablo Canyon Power Plant over the years. A bit silly given that anyone can rent a boat or plane and take pictures of the site (or just go through archives of local media outlets), but there it is.

TheLoafOfBread• 3 years ago

I would say that water erosion is kind of natural process regardless of climate change.

California’s cliffs are crumbling as climate change reshapes the coast

Related Stories