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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
There's no Planet B.
