Editordude: Here’s hoping Scripps researchers can study that unstable bluff at Sunset Cliffs that the Rag has been warning about since June.
Scripps researchers make strides on research into bluff collapse warning system
By Scott Rodd / KPBS / September 9, 2024
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla are seeing promising results in their quest to predict bluff collapses before they happen.
Using sophisticated technology, the researchers have successfully anticipated several coastal landslides in north San Diego County — sometimes more than a day in advance.
“In landslides, there are things that are detectable before it happens,” said Mark Zumberge, a research geophysicist at Scripps. “We’ve had three cases where it was pretty clear something was going to happen.”
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