Researchers at CCCIA were recently awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People program for a 5-year project to study extreme heat and its impacts …
Improving Flood Forecasting Under Sea Level Rise: The Coastal Groundwater Problem in Imperial Beach
by: Austin Barnes, PhD student When we think about the impacts of sea level rise, we often focus on how tides, waves, and storms will intensify its impacts. There is …
Can Green Spaces Mitigate Heat-related Hospitalizations?
Center researcher Maren Hale recently attended AGU Fall Meeting, where she shared her masters’ program capstone work on green space as a heat wave adaptation strategy in an eLightning talk. …
Helping Water Managers and Farmers Address Saltwater Intrusion
Graduate student Lauren Kim is with the SIO Coastal Processes Group and affiliated with the Center. She recently attended the AGU Fall Meeting, where she shared her emerging research on …
Wetland Carbon Sink Research Sees Media Attention
Spectrum News 1 joined Matthew Costa in the field at Famosa Slough in San Diego, one of many local sites Matthew has visited this spring as part of his field …
Engaging next-generation leaders at Kearny High
On Dec. 3rd, 10th grade students from Kearny High School of Digital Media and Design participated in an on-the-beach field experience, hosted by Birch Aquarium, and heard from a panel of environmental …
New Resilient Futures Imperial Beach Video Released
The new video can be seen here.
CCCIA Director Shares Insight on Cliffs and Sea-Level Rise with California Lawmakers
California’s Assembly Committee on Sea-Level Rise met in Encinitas and heard from Dr. Merrifield on how to better prepare for sea-level rise and crumbing cliffs. “This is a natural phenomenon…but …
DUNAS Project Restores Puerto Rico’s Dunes with Culture, Ecology, and Community in Mind
Puerto Rico’s sand dunes protect ecological environments, cultural artifacts, and human communities. Learn about how CCCIA researcher Dr. Isabel Rivera-Collazo is restoring these dunes through the DUNAS project below. In …