Mangrove Loss, Climate Change & Flooding in Cartagena, Colombia

We use game engine technology to visualize the dynamic results from coupled Climate, Wave, Flooding and Socio-economic models. This video depicts future climate-driven flooding if mangroves are lost (main) or conserved (inset) during 50-year storm events in Cartagena, Colombia. Even with climate driven increases in storms and sea levels much of Cartagena can be protected if we conserve mangrove habitat.

Hydrodynamic modeling by Pelayo Menéndez and Ali Mohammad Rezaie with Borja Gonzalez Reguero, David Gutiérrez-Barceló, Rae Taylor-Burns and Chris Lowrie, 3D visualization by Ian Costello and Jessica Kendall-Bar. Project supported by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience and the AXA Research Fund.