Gary Griggs, Santa Cruz Sentinel

Gary Griggs

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Building any structure on the active beach is asking for problems, but this is precisely what has happened at several locations along the northern Monterey Bay shoreline as well as elsewhere in coa… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Building any structure on the beach is asking for problems, and this is precisely what has happened repeatedly at Seacliff State Beach for nearly a century. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

The first three weeks of January could accurately be called the perfect storm. Four forces combined to essentially recreate the conditions of the destructive winter of 1983, now 40 years later. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, made a wonderful statement some time ago, that is worth sharing – “The good thing about science is that it’s… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

An ominous sign greeted any visitors to the beach immediately north of Morro Rock on Christmas Eve – “Fatal Shark Attack.” → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Two weeks ago, I wrote that I was going to stick to good news for a while because it seems like there isn’t usually enough of that to go around. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

There seems to be a shortage of good news these day, but no lack of bad news. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | ‘Green’ tag not always good for the environment

There is another form of advertising that has become widespread and deceitful, and that has even been given a name, Greenwashing. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

The word “tsunami” generates an emotional response, much like earthquake or shark, especially if you live on the coast. It’s just one of those frightening things that is beyond ou… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Two weeks ago, the Sentinel printed a story headlined: “California updates tsunami hazard maps for 7 counties.” These new maps were prepared by the California Geological Survey – as distinct from t… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Hurricane Ian has taken a huge toll on Florida and the Carolinas. This was a massive and destructive event by any measure. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Spilled cargo follows currents of the oceans

While crossing the North Pacific under less-than-ideal conditions in November 2020, two different large container ships from China headed for Long Beach, lost a total of 1,900 very large steel boxe… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Much of what we all consume or own today arrived here in a shipping container. These large steel boxes have become the vehicle by which virtually everything that isn’t shipped in bulk like oil, coa… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

The ocean does a lot for us, but we haven’t always treated her so well. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Many of the earliest summer visitors to Santa Cruz came here to get away from the heat of the Santa Clara and Central Valleys where temperatures were in the 90s and low 100s. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

It seems in California that we oscillate between floods and droughts, with a few normal years in between. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Summer has arrived, and on sunny days, well on most summer days, the beaches of Santa Cruz are packed with locals and visitors alike, some more crowded than others. → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Climate deception by fossil fuel companies has gone on for more than 30 years and continues today → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

Sea level is rising and we’re in the way. The shoreline is one of the most important lines on the planet, but after about 8,000 years of stability, which is virtually the entire period of human civ… → Read More

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard

The Santa Cruz end of Monterey Bay faced down a number of environmental challenges in the 1970s. Moss Landing in the middle of the bay faced a different set of issues in the preceding decades. → Read More