Fires, Floods, and Droughts: Impacts of Climate Change in the U.S.

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 22.05.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. School Description/Rationale
  3. Unit Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Activities
  6. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  7. Resources
  8. Notes

Graphing the Urban Health Impacts of Rising Temperature, Air Quality and Increased Pollen

Shamira Underwood

Published September 2022

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Notes

1 Reidmiller, D. R., C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart. "Fourth national climate assessment." Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, Report-in-Brief (2019).

2 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. 2021. “Asthma Disparities - Reducing Burden on Racial and Ethnic Minorities | AAFA.org.” Www.aafa.org. 2021. https://www.aafa.org/asthma-disparities-burden-on-minorities.aspx.

3 Wegienka, Ganesa, Suzanne Havstad, Christine LM Joseph, Edward Zoratti, Dennis Ownby, Kimberley Woodcroft, and Christine Cole Johnson. 2012. “Racial Disparities in Allergic Outcomes in African Americans Emerge as Early as Age 2 Years.” Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 42 (6): 909–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03946.x.

4 Wilson, Bev (2020) Urban Heat Management and the Legacy of Redlining, Journal of the American Planning Association, 86:4, 443-457, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2020.1759127

5 D’Amato, G. 2002. “Environmental Urban Factors (Air Pollution and Allergens) and the Rising Trends in Allergic Respiratory Diseases.” Allergy 57 (s72): 30–33. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1398-9995.57.s72.5.x.

6 Schmidt, Charles W. 2016. “Pollen Overload: Seasonal Allergies in a Changing Climate.” Environmental Health Perspectives 124 (4). https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.124-a70.

7 Schmidt, 2016 Schmidt, Charles W. 2016. “Pollen Overload: Seasonal Allergies in a Changing Climate.” Environmental Health Perspectives 124 (4). https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.124-a70.

8 “Discover PPS.” n.d. Discoverpps.org. Accessed July 20, 2022. https://discoverpps.org/lincoln.

9 U.S Department of Education. National Blue Ribbons Schools Program. https://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/index.html

10 Gentile, Deborah A., Tricia Morphew, Jennifer Elliott, Albert A. Presto, and David P. Skoner. 2020. “Asthma Prevalence and Control among Schoolchildren Residing near Outdoor Air Pollution Sites.” Journal of Asthma, November, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2020.1840584.

11 “Download Standards - SAS.” n.d. Www.pdesas.org. https://www.pdesas.org/Page/Viewer/ViewPage/11/.

12Wilson, Bev (2020) Urban Heat Management and the Legacy of Redlining, Journal of the American Planning Association, 86:4, 443-457, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2020.1759127

13 Jesdale, Bill M., Rachel Morello-Frosch, and Lara Cushing. 2013. “The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation.” Environmental Health Perspectives 121 (7): 811–17. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205919.

14 Hoffman, Jeremy S., Vivek Shandas, and Nicholas Pendleton. 2020. “The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas.” Climate 8 (1): 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8010012.

15 Schuyler, Alexander J., and Sally E. Wenzel. 2022. “Historical Redlining Impacts Contemporary Environmental and Asthma-Related Outcomes in Black Adults.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202112-2707oc.

16 US EPA, OA. 2021. “EPA Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Socially Vulnerable Populations in the United States.” Www.epa.gov. September 2, 2021. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-report-shows-disproportionate-impacts-climate-change-socially-vulnerable.

17  Reidmiller, D. R., C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart. "Fourth national climate assessment." Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, Report-in-Brief (2019).

18 Hoffman, Jeremy S., Vivek Shandas, and Nicholas Pendleton. 2020. “The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas.” Climate 8 (1): 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8010012.

19 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. n.d. Review of 2020 Allergy Capitals. GlobeNewsWire. Accessed July 22, 2022. https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/03/10/1997870/0/en/2020-Allergy-Capitals-Report-Ranks-the-Most-Challenging-Cities-in-the-U-S-for-Allergies.html.

20 Jesdale, Bill M., Rachel Morello-Frosch, and Lara Cushing. 2013. “The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation.” Environmental Health Perspectives 121 (7): 811–17. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205919.

21 Hsu, Angel, Glenn Sheriff, Tirthankar Chakraborty, and Diego Manya. 2021. “Disproportionate Exposure to Urban Heat Island Intensity across Major US Cities.” Nature Communications 12 (1): 2721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22799-5.

22 Wilson, Bev (2020) Urban Heat Management and the Legacy of Redlining, Journal of the American Planning Association, 86:4, 443-457, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2020.1759127

23 Tessum, Christopher W., Joshua S. Apte, Andrew L. Goodkind, Nicholas Z. Muller, Kimberley A. Mullins, David A. Paolella, Stephen Polasky, et al. 2019. “Inequity in Consumption of Goods and Services Adds to Racial–Ethnic Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (13): 6001–6. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818859116.

24 Hsu, Angel, Glenn Sheriff, Tirthankar Chakraborty, and Diego Manya. 2021. “Disproportionate Exposure to Urban Heat Island Intensity across Major US Cities.” Nature Communications 12 (1): 2721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22799-5.

25 Coseo, Paul, and Larissa Larsen. 2014. “How Factors of Land Use/Land Cover, Building Configuration, and Adjacent Heat Sources and Sinks Explain Urban Heat Islands in Chicago.” Landscape and Urban Planning 125 (May): 117–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.019.

26 Mohajerani, Abbas, Jason Bakaric, and Tristan Jeffrey-Bailey. 2017. “The Urban Heat Island Effect, Its Causes, and Mitigation, with Reference to the Thermal Properties of Asphalt Concrete.” Journal of Environmental Management 197 (197): 522–38.

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28 Coseo, Paul, and Larissa Larsen. 2014. “How Factors of Land Use/Land Cover, Building Configuration, and Adjacent Heat Sources and Sinks Explain Urban Heat Islands in Chicago.” Landscape and Urban Planning 125 (May): 117–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.019.

29 Clinton, Nicholas, and Peng Gong. 2013. “MODIS Detected Surface Urban Heat Islands and Sinks: Global Locations and Controls.” Remote Sensing of Environment 134 (July): 294–304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.008.

30 Kotharkar, Rajashree, and Meenal Surawar. 2016. “Land Use, Land Cover, and Population Density Impact on the Formation of Canopy Urban Heat Islands through Traverse Survey in the Nagpur Urban Area, India.” Journal of Urban Planning and Development 142 (1): 04015003. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000277.

31 Mohajerani, Abbas, Jason Bakaric, and Tristan Jeffrey-Bailey. 2017. “The Urban Heat Island Effect, Its Causes, and Mitigation, with Reference to the Thermal Properties of Asphalt Concrete.” Journal of Environmental Management 197 (197): 522–38.

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33 Reidmiller, D. R., C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart. "Fourth national climate assessment." Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, Report-in-Brief (2019).

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39 US EPA, OAR. 2015. “Managing Air Quality - Air Pollutant Types.” US EPA. December 10, 2015. https://www.epa.gov/air-quality-management-process/managing-air-quality-air-pollutant-types.

40 Anderegg, William R. L., John T. Abatzoglou, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Leonard Bielory, Patrick L. Kinney, and Lewis Ziska. 2021. “Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Worsening North American Pollen Seasons.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (7): e2013284118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013284118.

41 Ziska, Lewis, Kim Knowlton, Christine Rogers, Dan Dalan, Nicole Tierney, Mary Ann Elder, Warren Filley, et al. 2011. “Recent Warming by Latitude Associated with Increased Length of Ragweed Pollen Season in Central North America.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (10): 4248–51. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1014107108.

42 Anderegg, William R. L., John T. Abatzoglou, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Leonard Bielory, Patrick L. Kinney, and Lewis Ziska. 2021. “Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Worsening North American Pollen Seasons.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (7): e2013284118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013284118.

43 Schmidt CW. Pollen Overload: Seasonal Allergies in a Changing Climate. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Apr;124(4):A70-5. doi: 10.1289/ehp.124-A70. PMID: 27035881; PMCID: PMC4829390.

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44 US EPA, OAR. 2016. “Climate Change Indicators: Ragweed Pollen Season.” Www.epa.gov. July 1, 2016. https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-ragweed-pollen-season.

45 Bernard-Verdier, Maud, Birgit Seitz, Sascha Buchholz, Ingo Kowarik, Sara Lasunción Mejía, and Jonathan M. Jeschke. 2022. “Grassland Allergenicity Increases with Urbanisation and Plant Invasions.” Ambio, May. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01741-z.

46 Schmidt, Charles W. 2016. “Pollen Overload: Seasonal Allergies in a Changing Climate.” Environmental Health Perspectives 124 (4). https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.124-a70.

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48 Rauer, Denise, Stefanie Gilles, Maria Wimmer, Ulrike Frank, Constanze Mueller, Stephanie Musiol, Behnam Vafadari, et al. 2020. “Ragweed Plants Grown under Elevated CO 2 Levels Produce Pollen Which Elicit Stronger Allergic Lung Inflammation.” Allergy 76 (6): 1718–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14618.

49 Tessum, Christopher W., Joshua S. Apte, Andrew L. Goodkind, Nicholas Z. Muller, Kimberley A. Mullins, David A. Paolella, Stephen Polasky, et al. 2019. “Inequity in Consumption of Goods and Services Adds to Racial–Ethnic Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (13): 6001–6. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818859116.

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