Layers of Change:
A Student Guide to
Scripps Coastal Reserve
Alma Bakherad, Michelle Lee, Saee Jadhav, Valeria Alvelo
Key Words: Climate Change, Coastal Erosion, Rising Sea Levels
Fall 2025
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Our Project Vision
Our Project Vision
A geological guide that provides our audiences with information regarding the geology of the coastal cliffs of the area within the Scripps MPA and Black’s Beach area
Inform audiences about how climate change affects the safety of these cliffs
Show audiences the effects of these disasters, such as landslides, through visual examples and data captured via observational methods.
Driving Questions
Driving Questions
How is climate change accelerating coastal cliff erosion at the Scripps Coastal Reserve and Black's Beach?
What are the ecological and human implications of this ongoing geologic change?
Project Cover Letter
Project Cover Letter
Project Deliverables
Project Deliverables
Brochure Evento Taller Sustentable Corporativo Verde Café (2).pdfFieldwork Photos
Fieldwork Photos
Scripps Coastal Reserve
Scripps Coastal Reserve
Black's Beach & Gliderport
Black's Beach & Gliderport
Project Materials & Resources
Project Materials & Resources
Future Directions & Remaining Questions
Future Directions & Remaining Questions
This project is OPEN for expansion
How does climate change impact the geology and preservation of other urban nature sites?
Possibly focusing on other geologically impacted areas within San Diego County?
Possibly opening the project to looking at other Marine Protected Areas?
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Synthesis Project Portal Author Agreement - (Rev. 8_2024).pdfPage updated
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