An online decision support tool for managers, planners, conservation practitioners and scientists.
The models generating these maps are the first to take into account the ability of marshes to accrete, or keep up with, rising sea levels, in the San Francisco Bay Estuary.PRBO has generated a series of scenarios to provide a range of projections to address the uncertainty in future rates of sea-level rise and suspended sediment availability.Our maps cover the entire Estuary allowing for analyses at multiple spatial scales.This tool displays maps created at a high spatial resolution using the best available elevation data. The website will be continually updated as new data becomes availableThe tool is the first to provide spatially explicit projections of vegetation and bird distributions throughout the Estuary
Uses for the Point Blue Sea-Level Rise tool:
View and query maps to understand how sea level rise may change the extent of tidal marsh habitat and bird species distribution over the next 100 yearsMake informed decisions about adaptation planning, restoration potential, and land acquisition given various sea-level rise and sedimentation scenarios.Identify areas both vulnerable and resilient to future sea-level rise.
