Another great piece on visualizations used to help the community is over at PhysOrg. They talk to David Flanders, a UBC research scientist who is creating visualizations of the impact of rising sea levels or storm surge effects on local communities near Vancouver, Canada.
“It can be hard to mentally grasp what rising sea-levels can mean on the ground but our visualizations give people a glimpse of what their future world will look and feel like in their own backyards. They help community members understand how their quality of life can be affected by climate change, and by the decisions they make to deal with climate impacts.”
via Preparing for the flood: Visualizations help communities plan for sea-level rise.
