There’s an interesting article in Popular Mechanics that details the efforts of Timothy Kusky and team at St. Louis University’s Center for Environmental Sciences (SLUCES) to create a detailed, three-dimensional model of the Upper Mississippi Basin.

Kusky is using the open-source Geowall visualization tool to analyze the effect of climate and landscape change on river levels. He’s synthesizing climate models and other data sets into this visualization environment to help decision makers allocate funds for rebuilding.

Kusky has long been involved in hazard mapping and assessment, having written many books on the subject, including Geological Hazards that predicted the mass failure of the levees in New Orleans.

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