AMS Community Synthesis for Convergence of Health and the Geosciences

AMS 健康与地球科学融合社区综合

• 批准号: 2221709
• 负责人: Paul Higgins
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: American Meteorological Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-15 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221709&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AMS; Community; Synthesis; Convergence; Health

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.

由于气候变化和人类日益集中，人类健康正越来越多地受到环境变化的影响，如极端高温和寒流、洪水、野火、热带昆虫传播疾病的北迁、城市热岛效应、有害藻华的增加以及由于废物、制造和采矿产生的人为污染物的释放和/或掩埋而导致的环境退化。上述许多现象，无论是与气候变化或人类对自然环境的影响有关，特别是与大气运输和其他空中物理化学过程有关的现象，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，而且在世界范围内都能感受到。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、公司和爱好者组成的专业协会--将开展一项信息收集活动，以收集其成员对气候和大气过程中影响人类健康并准备迅速解决/解决的问题的意见。将编写一份总结这次调查结果的报告，并通过在美国气象学会网站上发布向公众提供，并提交给国家科学基金会地球科学理事会。关键成果将是查明污染和气候变化对人类健康影响最大的大气变化和过程，为立即解决和/或干预做好准备。该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理解和缓解。美国气象学会(AMS)将对其成员进行一次广泛的、包容的、以结果为导向的调查，成员包括大气科学和天气/气候预测方面的科学家和学生以及行业专业人员。这项信息收集工作将收集想法和目标领域，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，以加快我们国家减轻和最大限度地减少气候和人为活动导致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年的时间框架内以重大方式处理的目标。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将是早期职业科学家和历史上在科学界代表性不足的群体的成员的参与。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。