Week 3 Flashcards

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What will our future climate look like

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  • Global surface temperature change relative to 1850-1900
  • Projections show a chart with upwards trend
  • The future climate depends on us
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2
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Temperature in North America

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  • Land areas warm up more than areas
  • Higher altitude warms quicker than lower
  • Health can be sensitive to extreme weather events, so climate projections include the ability to output the frequency of heat events, illustrated here as days with a high temperature above some threshold
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3
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Projected Hot Days and Night for Cities in Canada

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  • Hot night can be important to health via our sleep quality
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4
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Why the concern?

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  • Significant correlation between annual temperature anomalies and annual population based rate for emergency department heat illness visits.
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5
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Heat as a Hazard

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  • Heat is the most hazardous weather event
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6
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Heatwave events

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  • European summer temperature 1500-2010
  • With climate change the distribution will shift to the right
  • Russian heat wave: 70,000 deaths
  • European Heat wave: 55,000 deaths]
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7
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2003 Heatwave and Climate Change

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  • Impacts are magnified in urban areas
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8
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Spatial patterns with Climate Change

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  • Number of days per year above “deadly” threshold
  • Exposure of populations to heat is increasing with climate change
  • Deadly = climate conditions (temperature and humidity) projected to cause death
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9
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Chicago Heat Wave Video

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  • 126 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 celsius
  • 1995 Killer heat wave
  • People who died
  • Targeted the most vulnerable in the city
  • Disproportionately affected people
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