A new interactive map created by a UPEI climate scientist allows users to explore the likely future impacts of climate change on the Island’s coastline, as well as inland.
The P.E.I. Climate Hazard & Risk Information System, or CHRIS, is part of a larger climate adaptation project by the provincial government, in partnership with UPEI and the federal government.
Peter Nishimura, manager of climate adaptation for the P.E.I. Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action, said the province already had an online mapping platform for the Island for several years.
He said the previous software — the Coastal Hazards Information Platform (CHIP) — shows flood and erosion vulnerability.
But the newly released CHRIS tool adds important new features, including flood maps with water depth predictions, and rates of coastal erosion.
