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New platform to bring clarity to sea-level rise modeling in California

The California State Coastal Conservancy, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, the San Francisco Bay and Outer Coast Sentinel Site Cooperative, and California Sea Grant announced the launch of a new decision support platform, Sea the Future, to help coastal planners and land managers identify the best sea-level rise visualization tool for their projects.

“We developed Sea the Future to be a first stop for anyone working in coastal land management to understand what tools are available to them, and determine which best meets their needs,” said Brenna Mahoney, California Sea Grant extension team member and coordinator of the San Francisco Bay and Outer Coast Sentinel Site Cooperative (California Sea Grant, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, NOAA Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and the NOAA Office for Coastal Management). “This project was a collaboration between state and federal agencies, using input from tool developers, coastal land managers and planners to create a platform that would be user-friendly and comprehensive.”…

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