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Our Ocean Backyard –– Santa Cruz Sentinel columns by Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz. April 2008 – current
- Oil formation in the sea April 29, 2008
- Inside the ocean’s oil making machine May 10, 2008
- Algal blooms–good and bad May24, 2008
- Global migrations–sooty shearwaters June 7, 2008
- Marine tagging–elephant seals June 21, 2008
- High tech ocean observations July 5, 2008
- Climate oscillations and disappearing sardines July 19, 2008
- What’s next for our shoreline–El Nino and La Nina August 2, 2008
- Peeling back the layers August 16, 2008
- Drilling into the sea floor August 30, 2008
- Ocean drilling–asteroids, mass extinctions and the Mediterranean September 13, 2008
- Ocean drilling confirms continental drift September 27, 2008
- Why the oceans are salty October 11, 2008
- Energy and the oceans–part 1 October 25, 2008
- Energy and the oceans–part 2 November 8, 2008
- Wave power–part 1 November 22, 2008
- Wave power–part 2 December 6, 2008
- Tidal power December 20, 2008
- OTEC and offshore wind january 3, 2009
- Reading a salmon’s ear bone January 17, 2009
- Living on an ancient seafloor January 31, 2009
- Calera–green cement for a blue planet February 14, 2009
- Our flooded edge February 28, 2009
- Sunlight and sea level–what’s the connection March 14, 2009
- Climate change and rising sea level March 28, 2009
- Messing with the atmosphere April 11, 2009
- Greenhouse gases and climate change April 25, 2009
- Tsunamis–should we worry? May 9, 2009
- Subduction zones, great earthquakes and tsunamis May 23, 2009
- Cascadia–A sleeping Giant June 6, 2009
- Why are our beaches so fine? June 20, 2009
- Beaches–here today, gone tomorrow July 4, 2009
- Beaches–moving on July 18, 2009
- Harbors and dredging August 1, 2009
- Dams–cutting off beach sand August 15, 2009
- Messing around with beaches August 29, 2009
- Sand dunes–blowing in the wind September 12, 2009
- Beach sand burglary September 26, 2009
- Gold in beach sand October 10, 2009
- Natural curves along the shoreline October 24, 2009
- Submarine canyons: sediment highways to the deep sea November 7, 2009
- Grand canyons on the seafloor November 21, 2009
- Submarine canyons–going deeper December 5, 2009
- Why submarine canyons? December 19, 2009
- Why Monterey Submarine Canyon? January 2, 2010
- California Coast–worn at the edges January 16, 2010
- Collapsing cliffs and shifting climate january 30, 2010
- Broken bridges and fallen arches February 13, 2010
- Ancient mud, diatoms, and whales February 27, 2010
- Migrating shorelines March 13, 2010
- Keeping track of sea levels March 27, 2010
- Changing climates and shifting species April 10, 2010
- Calamari–small, large, and extra large April 24, 2010
- A drilling disaster May 8, 2010
- Drilling and spilling May 22, 2010
- Hazards of living on the edge June 5, 2010
- Dealing with a retreating coastline June 19, 2010
- Perils of paradise–living at the edge July 3, 2010
- Seacliffs and seawalls July 17, 2010
- Armoring the coast July 31, 2010
- A walk to remember August 14, 2010
- Walking around the bay Augist 28, 2010
- So long Sewers September 11, 2010
- Return to Pleasure Point September 25, 2010
- Protecting Pleasure Point October 9, 2010
- The economics of the ocean october 23, 2010
- The colors of beaches November 6, 2010
- Exploring the North Coast November 20, 2010
- Forty miles of bad road December 4, 2010
- Coastal cliffs and rolling rocks Decemebr 18, 2010
- The old Coast Road January 1, 2011
- Hydrocarbons in the hills January 15, 2011
- Ships of cement January 29, 2011
- Shipwrecks in the Sanctuary February 12, 2011
- Discovering the Seymour Center February 26, 2011
- Big waves at sea March 12, 2011
- Tsunamis in California March 26, 2011
- Lituya Bay 1958 April 9, 2011
- Rogue waves April 23, 2011
- Lost cargo tracks ocean currents May 7, 2011
- Floating frisbees and coastal currents May 21, 2011
- Aerial adventures continue June 4, 2011
- Coastal currents and missing sailors June 18, 2011
- Sea level rise–should we worry? July 2, 2011
- Sea level rise–sorting out the pieces July 16, 2011
- How fast will sea level rise? July 30, 2011
- Risk of shark attack remains very low August 13, 2011
- The world’s largest animals August 27, 2011
- Tracking the life of Ms. Blue September 10, 2011
- California Whaling September 24, 2011
- Whaling in the Bay October 8, 2011
- Our Coastline will Change–That’s for certain October 22, 2011
- West Cliff–A Local Treasure November 19, 2011
- Waves will eventually wear away the rocks December 3, 2011
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