AMS Community Synthesis for Convergence of Health and the Geosciences

由于气候变化和人类日益集中，人类健康越来越受到环境变化的影响，如极端高温和寒流、洪水、野火、热带虫媒疾病向北迁移、城市热岛效应、有害藻华的日益发生，以及由于释放和/或掩埋源自废物、制造业和采矿的人为产生的污染物而导致的环境退化。上述许多现象，无论是与气候变化有关，还是与人对自然环境的影响有关，特别是与大气运输和其他空气传播的物理和化学过程有关的现象，都对人类健康产生了重大和严重的影响。这些影响不仅在美国，而且在全世界都能感受到。为了让公众了解这些风险，并探讨可能的解决方案的可行性，由13,000名大气科学家组成的专业学会美国气象学会（AMS）；公司;热心人士将开展一项信息收集活动，收集其成员对影响人类健康并准备迅速处理/解决的气候和大气过程问题的投入。将生成一份报告，总结这次调查的结果，并通过在美国气象学会网站上的出版物向公众提供，并提交给美国国家科学基金会地球科学理事会。主要成果将是确定污染和气候变化造成的对人类健康影响最大的大气变化和进程，以便立即解决和/或进行干预。该活动的更广泛影响将侧重于增进我们对与大气有关的环境变化对人类健康的理解和缓解。美国气象学会（AMS）将对其成员（包括大气科学和天气/气候预测领域的科学家和学生以及行业专业人士）进行广泛、包容和结果导向的调查。这项信息收集工作将收集想法和目标领域，使地球科学家、社区、毒理学家和医学专业人员能够聚集在一起，加快我国减轻和尽量减少气候和人为活动造成的环境变化对人类健康的影响的能力。将总结调查结果，为制定可能可行的解决办法提供路线图，以帮助减轻环境对人类健康和社会的影响。在最后报告中，将确定在2至3年的时间框架内能够以重大方式解决的目标。信息收集将包括在线调查工具、虚拟聚会、与专家的一对一讨论以及在大气科学领域的广泛推广。调查工作的一个重要方面将是早期职业科学家和历史上在科学领域代表性不足的群体成员的参与。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Due to climate change and the increasing concentration of human beings, human health is becoming increasing impacted by environmental changes such as extreme heat and cold snaps, flooding, wildfires, the northward migration of tropical insect-borne diseases, the urban heat island effect, the increasing occurrence of harmful algal blooms, and environmental degradation due to release and/or burial of anthropogenically-generated pollutants originating from waste, manufacturing, and mining. Many of the above phenomena, whether related to climate change or the impact of people on the natural environment, especially those related to atmospheric transport and other air-borne physical and chemical processes, have imposed significant and serious impacts on human health. These impacts are being felt not only in the US, but worldwide. To inform the public of these risks and explore the feasibility of possible solutions, the American Meteorological Society (AMS), a professional society of 13,000 atmospheric scientists; companies; and enthusiasts, will carry out an information gathering activity to collect input from its constituents on issues in climate and atmospheric processes that have impacts on human health and that are primed to be quickly addressed/resolved. A report, summarizing the outcome of this survey, will be generated and made available to the public via publication on the American Meteorological Society website and presented to the National Science Foundation Directorate of Geosciences. Key outcomes will be the identification of atmospheric changes and processes with the highest human-health impacts resulting from pollution and climate change that are primed for immediate resolution and/or intervention. Broader Impacts of the activity will a focus on improving our understanding and mitigation of atmospherically related environmental changes on human health. The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will conduct a broad, inclusive, results-driven survey of its constituents which consist of scientists and students as well as industry professionals in the atmospheric sciences and weather/climate prediction. This information collection exercise will gather ideas and target areas where geoscientists, communities, toxicologists, and medical professionals can come together to accelerate our nation's ability to mitigate and minimize human health impacts of changes in our environment due to climate and anthropogenic activities. Results of the survey will be summarized to provide a roadmap for the creation of potential workable solutions to help ameliorate the impacts of the environment on human health and society. In the final report targets will be identified that can be addressed in a significant way within a 2 to 3-year timeframe. Information gathering will include online survey vehicles, virtual gatherings, one-on-one discussions with experts, and broad outreach across the atmospheric sciences. An important aspect of the survey effort will be engagement of early career scientists and members of groups historically underrepresented in the sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.