AMS Community Synthesis for Convergence of Health and the Geosciences

由于气候变化和人口日益集中，人类健康日益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、有害藻类大量繁殖的增加，以及废物产生的有害污染物的释放和/或掩埋造成的环境退化，制造业和采矿业。上述许多现象，无论是与气候变化有关，还是与人类对自然环境的影响有关，特别是与大气迁移和其他空气传播的物理和化学过程有关，都对人类健康造成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索可能的解决方案的可行性，美国气象学会（AMS），一个由13，000名大气科学家组成的专业协会;公司;和爱好者，将开展信息收集活动，收集其成员对气候和大气过程中影响人类健康的问题的意见，并准备迅速处理/解决。将编写一份报告，总结这次调查的结果，并通过在美国气象学会网站上发表向公众提供，并提交给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对人类健康影响最大的大气变化和过程，并立即加以解决和/或干预。活动的更广泛影响将侧重于提高我们对与大气有关的环境变化对人类健康的认识和缓解。 美国气象学会（AMS）将对其成员进行广泛的，包容性的，结果驱动的调查，其中包括科学家和学生以及大气科学和天气/气候预测的行业专业人士。这项信息收集工作将收集地球科学家，社区，毒理学家和医疗专业人员可以聚集在一起的想法和目标领域，以加快我们国家减轻和最大限度地减少气候和人为活动对环境变化对人类健康影响的能力。调查结果将被总结，为创建潜在可行的解决方案提供路线图，以帮助改善环境对人类健康和社会的影响。在最后报告中，将确定可在2至3年时间内大幅度实现的目标。信息收集将包括在线调查工具、虚拟聚会、与专家一对一的讨论以及在大气科学领域的广泛宣传。调查工作的一个重要方面是吸引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NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的知识价值进行评估，被认为值得支持影响审查标准。

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.