NOAA, USFS, NIEHS: New Climate Tools for Educators
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1 LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP NOAA, USFS, NIEHS: New Climate Tools for Educators Presented by: Amy Work, Mark Becker, and Peg Steffen May 3, 2012
2 NNX10AT46A Climate Change Impacts on Human Health NASA s Innovations Mark Becker Center for International Earth Science Information Network(CIESIN), Columbia University Amy Work The Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT), Cayuga Community College
3 Project Team The Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT) is located at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, NY. The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute located on the Lamont Doherty campus of Columbia University in Palisades, New York. NASA s Innovations
4 Project Vision provide educators the tools and resources necessary to engage students in critical thinking about the global climate change and the potential impacts on human health across the globe NASA s Innovations
5 Climate and Health Climate governs : the availability of water; the productivity of farms, forests, and fisheries; the prevalence of oppressive heat and humidity; the formation and dispersion of air pollutants; the geography of disease; the damages that we have to expect from storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires; coastal areas lost to sea level rise. NASA s Innovations
6 Regional impacts Climate change effects will vary by region and over time Some localized benefits Fewer winter deaths in temperate climates Increased food production with certain types and in certain areas Overall health effects are likely to be negative Source: CIESIN NASA s Innovations
7 Climate impacts on Human Health Without effective responses, climate change will compromise: Water quality and quantity: The number of people living in water stressed basins by 2050 will: A. Cut in half B. Double C. Triple Source: CIESIN NASA s Innovations
8 Climate impacts on Human Health Without effective responses, climate change will compromise: Water quality and quantity: The number of people living in water stressed basins by 2050 will: A. Cut in half B. Double C. Triple Source: CIESIN NASA s Innovations
9 Climate impacts on Human Health Without effective responses, climate change will compromise: Food Security: In some African countries, yields from rain fed agriculture by 2020 may: A. Cut in half B. Double C. Triple Source: World Bank NASA s Innovations
10 Climate impacts on Human Health Without effective responses, climate change will compromise: Food Security: In some African countries, yields from rain fed agriculture by 2020 may: A. Cut in half B. Double C. Triple Source: World Bank NASA s Innovations
11 Climate impacts on Human Health Without effective responses, climate change will compromise: Control of infectious disease: Increasing population at risk of malaria in Africa by 170 million by 2030, and at risk of dengue by 2 billion by 2080s Source: World Bank Protection from disaster: Increasing exposure to coastal flooding by a factor of 10, and land area in extreme drought by a factor of Source: WHOO Source: CIESIN NASA s Innovations
12 Climate-sensitive burdens Each year: Under nutrition kills 3.5 million Diarrhea kills 2.2 million Malaria kills 900,000 Extreme weather events kill 60,000 Source: WHOO NASA s Innovations
13 Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004 Label: Americas
14 Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004 Label: Africa
15 Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004 Label: South East Asia
16 Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004 High Income Americas Western Pacific Europe South East Asia Eastern Mediterranean Africa
17 Project Overview 1. Customize NASA World Wind (CHANGE Viewer) 2. Activity themes for high school students 3. Professional development NASA s Innovations
18 CHANGE Viewer Climate and Health ANalysis for Global Education Viewer NASA World Wind 3 d visualization tool Climate Mapper Historical and modeled climate datasets from (CRU) database Population Estimation Service User driven estimation tool based on World Population Grids Socioeconomic datasets SEDAC and CIESIN datasets e.g. crop production, access to sanitation, soil salinity NASA s Innovations
19 CHANGE Viewer Climate Mapper Data University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU) interpolated onto a 0.5 grid covering the global land surface. The modeled data are monthly data averaged over the decades and Data are outputs of three of the models used in the IPCC s 4th Assessment Report they represent the highest, middle, and lowest projections for changes in Africa in the Climate Moisture Index (CMI) Run using the A1B SRES scenario: current or business as usual NASA s Innovations
20 Climate Change & Human Health Themes Food Security changes in agriculture production Natural Disasters frequency and intensity of hurricanes Rising Sea Levels population living in coastal areas Water Resources change in water resources Desertification vulnerability to increases in desert regions Disease distribution of climate induced diseases such as malaria and meningitis Migration populations vulnerable to climate induced migration NASA s Innovations
21 Website NASA s Innovations
22 Climate and Health NASA s Innovations
23 Climate and Health NASA s Innovations
24 DEMO NASA s Innovations
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34 Professional Development Summer Opportunities in 2012 and 2013 Two day workshop: Provide training to high school educators to confidently use the CHANGE Viewer. Build competency for educators to develop their own lessons using the CHANGE Viewer. Address challenges for teaching climate change in the classroom. July 9 11, 2012 at CIESIN Aug 1 3, 2012 at IAGT NASA s Innovations
35 Questions?? Mark Becker Amy Work
36 Climate Toolbox: Tools for Educators Peg Steffen Bruce Moravchik NOAA National Ocean Service
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38 Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit Activities for students based on the 11 eco-region case studies including science, social science, math, language arts, and art activities. Developed by master teachers in the 2008 Albert Einstein Fellowship. The specific Climate Literacy Guidelines and National Education Standards are referenced for each activity. Glossary of Scientific Terms great for vocabulary development. Template and instructions for making the popular EPA Global Warming Wheel Card PDF of Poster titled How Do You Measure Up? illustrating the importance of setting goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in households, schools, communities, etc., by first taking an inventory of one s present emissions. Video 12 minute, high definition, engaging and highly informative video on climate change science and impacts on wildlife and their habitat in U.S., to be used in classrooms as an introduction to the topic or in Visitor Centers and in docent/interpreter talks in informal educational settings. Fact sheets on how migratory birds and cold-water fish will be impacted by climate change
39 Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit Case Studies focus on 11 ecoregions in the U.S. Western Forests and Mountains Mountain Pine Beetle Western Coastline - Salmon Eastern Coastline Diamondback Terrapin Gulf Coast Red Mangrove Pacific Islands Monk Seal Caribbean Coral reefs Great Lakes Lake trout Polar / Subpolar (Alaska) Pacific Walrus Desert Arid Desert Pupfish Prairie Grasslands Waterfowl Eastern Forests and Woodlands Bees and Pollination Ecoregion Format: Introduction to geographic and geologic features Ecosystem characteristics Impacts of Climate Change Spotlight on a Species Profiling an Climate Steward Lesson Plans
40 Teaching Climate: Resources for Formal and Informal Educators Toolkit includes: Earth and Science Misconceptions Climate of the Past Human Health and Climate State of Climate Knowledge What You Can Do
41 Key Reports, Presentations, Lesson Plans
42 Climate change is the defining environmental issue of our time
43 What is your greatest need regarding climate science education? A. Professional development opportunities B. Lesson plans/classroom activities C. Discussion/sharing ideas with other educators D. Information/web resources E. Other
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