{"id":3875,"date":"2025-09-23T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/?page_id=3875"},"modified":"2025-09-29T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T20:27:06","slug":"coastal-risk-screening-tool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/coastal-risk-screening-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Risk Screening Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Coastal Risk Screening Tool interactive website<\/a> <\/strong>(site also available in Spanish<\/a>) offers a range of map-based simulations based on climate models that show how sea level rise and flooding could affect coastal areas around the world. By clicking on the \u201cchoose map\u201d button, students can choose to view areas at risk by year, water level, temperature, the melting of ice sheets, and more. There is even a map that shows specifically how affordable housing in different communities will be affected by sea level rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within each map, there is at least one slider allowing students to change a parameter and see the effects on the map. For example, students can adjust sliders to compare areas below the tideline in different global warming scenarios (in the \u201cWarming Choices\u201d map) or view projections for years from 2030 to 2100 (in the \u201cYear\u201d map). Additional settings are available in many maps and include parameters like \u201cpollution pathways\u201d and \u201cluck.\u201d (Hover over the small \u201ci\u201d next to each choice for an explanation of what it means in the current context.) Students can access these additional settings by clicking \u201cchange other settings\u201d on any map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, every map includes a button labeled \u201cdetails and limitations\u201d that gives background information on the map, including definitions of important vocabulary terms. The map can show any area that Google Maps can show, so students can investigate the impacts in their local area or other areas in the world that are important to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following video is a tutorial on how to use the tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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