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California’s Pacific Coast Highway is one of the world’s most iconic drives. But parts of it collapse into the ocean almost every year. Why does this road keep failing? And is there a solution?

FEATURING:
Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz

READ MORE:
Should California give up on Highway 1? https://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...

CITATIONS:
Mud Creek Landslide facts: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
Highway 1 history: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructu...
Highway 1 tourism: https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/ar...
1500 landslides in this 77-mile stretch: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/D...
What caused the Mud Creek Landslide?: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Highway 1 keeps collapsing
00:32 Highway 1's history
01:14 The section most prone to collapse
01:55 Why is Big Sur so unstable?
02:48 Why is the highway becoming more precarious?
03:50 What can we do to stop this?

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