Air Pollution as a Climate Forcing: A Workshop
Day 4: Human Health, Agriculture and Ecosystems
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Human Health: The Effects of Aerosols and Key Gases
- Dan Greenbaum: Understanding the effects of climate-relevant components of the air pollution mixture — The carbon particle fraction PPT presentation, 0.8 MB)
- George Thurston: Human health effects of sulfate aerosols (PPT presentation, 7.1 MB)
- Ira Tager: Health effects of gases (NOx, ozone, others?) (PPT presentation, 3.6 MB)
Panel Discussion
- Can we differentiate the effects of specific aerosols and
gases on human health?
What information/research is needed to better address this issue?
Human Health: Estimating the Magnitude of Impact
- Kirk Smith et al.: Health effects of air pollution from household fuels (PDF presentation, 0.8 MB)
- Ross Anderson et al.: Global impact of outdoor particulate air pollution (PPT presentation, 1.0 MB)
- Bingheng Chen and Haidong Kan: Integrated assessment of human health and energy option in Shanghai (PPT presentation, 4.0 MB)
- Luis Cifuentes: Air pollution health benefits and greenhouse gas reductions: A case study in Chile (PPT presentation, 0.9 MB)
- Mike Bergin: The influence of aerosols on plant growth (PDF presentation, 1.4 MB)
- Denise Mauzerall: The adverse impact of surface ozone on agricultural crops (PDF presentation, 1.3 MB)
Panel Discussion
- Can we compare quantitatively the impacts of specific air pollutants
(e.g., with an economic measure), ideally including other (agricultural
and ecosystem) effects?
What information/research is needed to better address this issue?
Related Poster Presentations
- Joyce Rosenthal et al.: New York Climate and Health Project (PPT presentation, 0.3 MB)
- Hans Seip and Fredric Menz: Effects of acid deposition on natural ecosystems - A short summary
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Background
Summaries:
Overview,
Gases,
Aerosols,
Tech.,
Health,
Agri./Eco.
Abstracts:
Day 1,
Day 2,
Day 3,
Day 4,
Day 5 *
Participants