climate and your health, nz slides for general audiences

Health Effects of Climate Change

CLIMATECLIMATE AND AND

HEALTHHEALTH

NEW ZEALAND IS WARMINGDeparture from Historic Average

1860-2010

WARMER WINTERS HOTTER SUMMERS

2050 2100

LONGER AND MORE FREQUENT HEAT WAVES

More Longer

White CJ, Grose MR, Corney SP, Bennett JC, Holz GK, Sanabria LA, McInnes KL, Cechet RP,White CJ, et al 2010, Climate Futures for Tasmania: extreme events technical report, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania.

MORE DROUGHTMORE HEAVY RAIN

2050 2100

MORE POWERFUL CYCLONES

ETIOLOGY:

CO2 POLLUTION

72 year old woman with confusion.

EXTREME HEAT

40 year old man who is turning blue.

RED TIDEGoat Island Reserve August 2012

BLUE GREEN ALGAE Lake Tutira, Hawkes Bay RED

Recent Shellfish Closures

Water Temperature and Vibrio in North Island Oysters

SALMONELLA and CAMPYLOBACTER

in CHICKEN

WARMER LAKESAmoebic Meningitis

CDCwww.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/state-map.html 8/16/12

4 year old girl who hurts all over.

DENGUE FEVER

MOSQUITO BORNE INFECTIONS:

WEATHER MODEL PREDICTS DENGUE

Annual Dengue Cases Australia

Dengue Spread in the Americas

1960-2005

Current habitat for Aedes aegypti

Potential Hotspots Aedes aegypti 2050

Suitable Habitat for Aedes albopictus

2005 2050

Potential Hotspots Aedes Albopictus 2050

CLIMATE REFUGEESAustralia Jan 2013 Tuvalu

8 year old boy who quits sports.

POLLEN:Higher Levels

Ziska, L. H. and F. A. Caulfield. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2000. 27: 893− 898.

Longer Season

OZONEAuckland

TEMPERATURE AND GROUND LEVEL OZONE

Inhaler Use in Asthmatic Children Increases with Ozone Level

Summertime haze air pollution and children with asthma. Thurston GD Am J Respir Crit Care Med February 1, 1997 vol. 155 no. 2654-660

DROUGHTWairarapa 2009

HungerWaikato 2008

DUST STORMSAustralia Auckland

Sept 2009

Meningococcal Meningitis

A 28 year old woman has a miscarriage.

TOXIC GROUNDWATERBlue Baby NZ Nitrate Levels

Waikato Groundwater Nitrate

Arsenic

SCRUB/BUSH FIRES

Wanganui March 2013

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWWhangarei

Gastroenteritis and RainfallPediatric ED Visits Wisconsin

P. Drayna et al, Environ Health Perspect.  2010 October;  118(10): 1439–1443.

FLOODSKaeo 2012

Mold

Leptospirosis

ME EITHERME EITHER

4-6 DEGREES BY 2100

OUR CHOICE

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