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Whats Happening in My Backyard? A New England
Focus on Global Climate Change
Adam Wilson Cameron Wake Impacts of Climate
Change on Horticulture 4 October 2003,
Providence, RI
Cameron Wake Institute for the Study of Earth,
Oceans, and Space University of New
Hampshire AGU Spring Meeting, 19 May 2004
Montreal
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Communicating the Science of Climate Change to
Teachers, Students, and the General Public
Hooks, Audiences, and Engagement Initiatives at
UNH 1. Indicators of Climate Change in New
England 2. Linking Weather and Air Quality 3.
Climate Education Initiative 4. INHALE -
Integrated Assessment
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1. Indicators of Climate Change in New England
AIRMAP Mapping New Englands Changing Climate
and Air Quality Hook How has climate
changed in your backyard? Data Variety of
indicators that document change in New England
over past century temperature (annual,
seasonal, min, max) precipitation (annual,
seasonal, extreme events) growing season
lilac bloom dates ice out dates sea level
rise
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Average Annual Temperature in the Northeast
1899-2000
Areally weighted average of data from 56
meteorological stations Data from NOAA-NCDC
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Spatial Variation of Linear Temperature Trend
1899-2000
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Average Growing Season (32oF) in New England
1965-2000
Average of data from 26 meteorological stations
Data from NOAA-NCDC
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Ice-In Day on Lake Champlain 1820-2000
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1. Indicators of Climate Change in New England
Data available on line (airmap.unh.edu) in
mulitple formats -graph online, canned
graphs, download data -interactive Audiences
and Engagement Teachers - Teacher Workshops
web Students - web and via Teachers General
Public - web and publication collaboration
with Clean Air - Cool Planet Conferences (e.g.
Horticulturalists)
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2. Linking Weather and Air Quality
Hook Air Quality changes with the
weather Real time air quality data Adverse
health effects of air pollution Data AIRMAP
station air quality and meteorological data
real time and archived data available in
multiple formats criteria pollutants (O3, CO,
NO, NOy, SO2) hydrocarbons and
halocarbons mercury and much more
meteorological parameters
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AIRMAP Air Quality Monitoring Stations
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2. Linking Weather and Air Quality
Audiences and Engagement Teachers - Teacher
Workshops/Lesson Plans background on air
quality and human health introduce lesson
plan (How Does Air Quality Affect Your
Health?) AIRMAP Website visit to Thompson
Farm Monitoring Site follow up
evaluation Students - Web and via
Teachers General Public - Web and Science
Center Displays
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Thompson Farm Air Quality Monitoring Station
UNH AIRMAP Air Quality Station
NOAA Climate Reference Network (CRN) station
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Streaming Real Time Air Quality Information
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AIRMAP Brochure
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3. Climate Education Initiative Coordinated by
UNH Office of Sustainabilty Programs

• Vision
• UNH is recognized as a Climate Protection Campus
  A public university that integrates the ethics,
  science, technology and policies of greenhouse
  gas emission reductions into its community
  identity and practices.
• Integrate the why and how of greenhouse gas
  reductions across the teaching, research,
  operations and engagement activities of our land
  grant mission.
• Develop a model community in the state and the
  region.

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CEI - GHG Emissions Reporting
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CEI - GHG Emissions Reporting
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Esci 405 - Global Environmental Change
Recommendations from six years of student
role-play in GHG reductions negotiations at UNH
Campus Energy Building Designand Construction
standards Energy savings policies and
practices
Housing Energy Energy efficiency policies in the
residence halls and apartments Appliance
standards Heat load converter Lighting retrofit
Transportation Fleet conversion to Compressed
Natural Gas and Biodiesel Transportation Demand
Management Policy
Education A required Sustainability General
Education course Administrative support of
raising awareness on campus
Financing Student fee Payback for energy
savings Revolving fund
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4. INHALE - Integrated Assessment
INHALE Integrated Human Health and Air Quality
Assessment Hook Asthma epidemic Adverse
health effects associated with air
pollution Data Air quality data from AIRMAP and
EPA Need improved health effects data -daily
resolution -city spatial scales -hierarchy of
adverse heath effects
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AIRMAP
New England lies directly downwind of major urban
and industrial centers in the eastern United
States.
Map of common storm tracks across the United
States.
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8 hr Ozone Exceedance Days 1983-2002
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Adult Asthma Prevalence, 2000
New England is a Hot Spot
Figure illustrates Answering "Yes" to "Have you
ever been told by a doctor that you have asthma?"
and "Do you still have Asthma?" Source
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System,
2000 Fastest growing chronic disease in US gt17
million (5 million children)
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Hidden Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas
Mitigation Luis Cifuentes, Victor
H. Borja-Aburto, Nelson Gouveia, George Thurston,
Devra Lee Davis actions that reduce GHG
emissions also yield powerful immediate benefits
to public health by reducing adverse effects
of local air pollution air pollution currently
sickening or killing millions throughout
world reducing emissions from older coal-fired
power plants in U.S. could provide substantial
benefits to public health avoidance of 18,700
deaths, 3 million lost work days, 16 million
restricted activity days (Clean Air Task
Force, Boston, MA 2000) reduction in adverse
health effects over 20 years (2001-2020) in 4
cities (Mexico City, New York, Santiago, and
Sao Paulo - combined population 65 million)
through adoption of GHG mitigation
technologies that would reduce ozone and PM by
10. This would avoid 64,000 premature
deaths 65,000 chronic bronchitis cases 37
million person days of restricted activity GHG
mitigation can provide considerable local public
health benefits air pollution reduction-related
health benefits could be strong motivator for GHG
mitigation actions
www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 293 17
AUGUST 2001
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Communicating the Science of Climate Change to
Teachers, Students, and the General Public
Hooks, Audiences, and Engagement Initiatives at
UNH 1. Indicators of Climate Change in New
England 2. Linking Weather and Air Quality 3.
Climate Education Initiative 4. INHALE -
Integrated Assessment WHAT ABOUT ASSESSMENT??