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May 3, 2012

NOAA, USFS, NIEHS: New Climate Tools for Educators

Presented by: Amy Work, Mark Becker, and Peg Steffen

Climate Change Impacts on Human HealthNASA’s Innovations in Climate Education

www.climatechangehumanhealth.org

Mark Becker Amy WorkCenter for International Earth Science

Information Network(CIESIN), Columbia University

www.ciesin.columbia.edu

The Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT), Cayuga Community

Collegewww.iagt.org

NNX10AT46A

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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.

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“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”

Project Vision

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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.

Climate and Health

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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 likelyto be negative

Source: CIESIN

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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 halfB. DoubleC. Triple

Source: CIESIN

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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 halfB. DoubleC. Triple

Source: CIESIN

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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 halfB. DoubleC. Triple

Source: World Bank

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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 halfB. DoubleC. Triple

Source: World Bank

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Climate impacts on Human Health

Without effective responses, climate change will compromise:

Source: WHOO

• 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

• Protection from disaster: Increasing exposure to coastal flooding by a factor of 10, and land area in extreme drought by a factor of 10‐30

Source: CIESIN

Source: World Bank

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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

Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004

Label:  Americas

Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004

Label:  Africa

Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004

Label:  South‐East Asia

Child mortality rates by cause and region, 2004

High Income

Americas

Western Pacific

Europe

South‐East Asia

Eastern Mediterranean

Africa

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1. Customize NASA World Wind (CHANGE Viewer)

2. Activity themes for high school students

3. Professional development

Project Overview

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CHANGE 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

Climate and Health ANalysis for Global Education Viewer

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CHANGE Viewer

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 2031‐2040 and 2051‐2060.

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

Climate Mapper Data

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• Food Securitychanges in agriculture production 

• Natural Disastersfrequency and intensity of hurricanes

• Rising Sea Levelspopulation living in coastal areas

• Water Resourceschange in water resources

• Desertificationvulnerability to increases in desert regions

• Diseasedistribution of climate induced diseases such as malaria and meningitis

• Migrationpopulations vulnerable to climate induced migration

Climate Change & Human Health Themes

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Website

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Climate and Health

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Climate and Health

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DEMO

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• 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 CIESINAug 1 – 3, 2012 at IAGT

Professional Development

Questions??

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Mark Becker Amy Workmbecker@ciesin.columbia.edu awork@iagt.org

Peg Steffen

Bruce Moravchik

NOAA National Ocean Service

Climate Toolbox: Tools for EducatorsClimate Toolbox: Tools for Educators

Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands ToolkitActivities 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

Ecoregion Format:

•Introduction to geographic and geologic features•Ecosystem characteristics•Impacts of Climate Change•Spotlight on a Species•Profiling an Climate Steward•Lesson Plans

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

Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit

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

Key Reports, Presentations, Lesson Plans

Climate change is the defining environmental issue of our time…

Peg.Steffen@noaa.govBruce.Moravchik@noaa.gov

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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