WORKSHOP PROPOSAL: GEO HEALTH: IMPACTS AND MITIGATION OF IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH DUE TO A CHANGING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

由于气候变化和世界人口的不断增长，环境变化对人类健康的影响越来越大。这些因素包括但不限于酷热和寒流、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、以及由于废物、制造和采矿产生的人为污染物的释放和/或掩埋而造成的环境退化。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，都对人类健康造成了重大和严重的影响。为了确定可能的解决方案，美国地质学会(GSA)、一个拥有1万多名成员的专业学会和许多附属地球科学学会将对其成员进行调查，并就地球科学在改善对人类健康的环境影响方面取得快速进展的最佳位置收集意见。他们的社区调查结果将汇总在一份报告中，并将向公众提供。关键成果将是查明对人类健康影响最大并准备立即解决和/或干预的与地球科学有关的环境过程。这项活动的更广泛影响将是提高我们对环境对人类健康影响的理解和更好的管理。美国地质学会(GSA)将对其成员进行广泛的、包容的、以结果为导向的调查。活动将包括：通过基于网络的提交平台向GSA成员、分会和协会提供反馈。还将有社交媒体宣传活动。此外，GSA还将在有较大比例的学生参与的分部会议上举行面对面的直接贡献机会。外展工作将侧重于广泛的外展，并确保学生、职业生涯早期专业人员、代表性不足的群体以及地球科学领域经验丰富的专业人员广泛参与学科活动。还将与更广泛的专业社区中选定的成员进行直接外联，并为目标群体举行在线集思广益会议。信息收集工作的目标是收集想法和研究领域，地球科学家、社区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类活动造成的环境变化对健康影响的能力。调查结果将汇总在一份报告中，并发布在美国地质学会网站上。最后报告的一个重要组成部分将是确定可在2至3年的时间框架内以重要方式处理的目标。信息收集将包括在线调查工具、虚拟聚会、与专家的一对一讨论以及在地球科学所有领域的广泛宣传。调查工作的一个重要方面将是早期职业科学家和传统上在科学界代表性较低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。

Due to climate change and the world’s growing population, human health is becoming increasing impacted by environmental changes. These include, but are not limited to, 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, have imposed significant and serious impacts on human health. To identify possible solutions, the Geological Society of America (GSA), a professional society of over ten thousand members and many affiliated geoscience societies will survey its constituents and collect input on where the geosciences are best positioned to make fast progress in ameliorating environmental impacts on human health. Results of their community survey will be summarized in a report that will be made available to the public. Key outcomes will be the identification of geoscience-related environmental processes that have the highest human-health impacts and are primed for immediate resolution and/or intervention. Broader Impacts of the activity will be to improve our understanding of and better management of environmental impacts on human health.The Geological Society of America (GSA) will conduct a broad, inclusive, results-driven survey of its constituents. Activities will include: feedback via a web-based submission platform for GSA members, Divisions, and Associated Societies. There will also be social media campaigns. In addition, GSA will also hold in-person opportunities for direct contributions at its Section Meetings that have a large percentage of student participants. The outreach efforts will focus on broad outreach and ensure wide disciplinary participation reaching students, early career professionals, and underrepresented groups, as well as experienced professionals in the geosciences. Direct outreach to selected members of the broader professional community will also be held, as will online brainstorming sessions for targeted groups. The goal of the information collection exercise is to gather ideas and research areas where geoscientists, communities, and medical professionals can come together to accelerate our nation's ability to mitigate and minimize the health impacts of changes in the environment due to climate and anthropogenic activities. Results of the survey will be summarized in a report and posted on the Geological Society of America website. An important component of the final report will be the identification of targets 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 all fields of geoscience. An important aspect of the survey effort will be engagement of early career scientists and members of groups traditionally 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.