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Visualization of mean smoke fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from the Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ; Wilkins et al. 2018) and average maximum temperatures from gridMET (Abatzoglou 2011) from August 2008, alongside a census-tract level indicator of poverty (CalEnviroScreen 4.0). Darker red shades indicate higher PM2.5 exposure, temperatures, and poverty.

Mapping Vulnerable Populations in California to Climate-Related Hazards

Topic
Climate
Risk & Resilience
Equity and Environmental Justice
Team: Paul English (Tracking California); Michael Jerrett (University of California, Los Angeles); Joseph Wilkins (Howard University, Inc.); Michelle Wong (Tracking California); Jenny Nguyen (University of...
Map of SEMCOG study area showing regions identified by SEMCOG as areas of persistent poverty, overlaid on a map of percent impervious surface for the seven county region.

Addressing Inequitable Flood Risks in Southeast Michigan through Green Infrastructure

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Disasters
Ecological Conservation
Water Resources
Team: Mary Miller (Michigan Technological University), Michael Battaglia (Michigan Technological University), Laura Bourgeau-Chavez (Michigan Technological University), David Watkins (Michigan Technological University), Jessica Alger (Michigan Technological...
On April 20, 2023, Gasmine Myers, Julie Silva, and Sergii Skakun participated in the Fort Belknap Indian Community’s Annual Earth Day Fair in Harlem, Montana. The event was organized by the Fort Belknap Environmental Protection Department and over 200 students in Grades 4-6 attended the event. Gasmine, Julie, and Sergii ran an educational activity —adapted from an issue of NASA’s EOKids—titled ‘Watching Wildfires from Space’ that demonstrated how wildfires are monitored using satellites and Earth observatio

Environmental Injustice and Deaths of Despair: Lessons from Montanas Tribal Lands

Topic
Risk & Resilience
Equity and Environmental Justice
Team: PI Dr. Sergii Skakun, University of Maryland; Dante Chinni, Michigan State University; Kristal Jones, JG Research & Evaluation & University of Maryland; Gasmine Myers...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City Metropolitan Area for 06/08/2023 due to very elevated levels of fine particulate matter related to wildfire smoke originated in Canada.

Pairing earth observations and socioeconomic data to enable student-led hazard monitoring for environmental justice in New York

Topic
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Health & Air Quality
Team: Susana B. Adamo (Columbia University); Carolynne Hultquist (Columbia University); Cascade Tuholske (Montana State University); Greg Yetman (Columbia University); John Squires (Columbia University) Summary: We...
Environmental hazards that affect prisons. A) Federal Correctional Institution in Beaumont, TX, inundated during Hurricane Harvey, B) Rikers jail in 95th percentile (indicated by red) of national proximity to hazardous waste site, image credit: EJSCREEN, C) coal slurry located approximately 1 mile from proposed prison facility in Letcher county, KY

Applying the EVDT Integrated Modeling Framework for Environmental Justice Applications

Topic
Risk & Resilience
Equity and Environmental Justice
Team Members: Ufuoma Ovienmhada (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), David Pellow (University of California, Santa Barbara) Executive Summary: In recent years, researchers and journalists have elevated...
2023_EEJwebpages -Saved  SNSN Editing Editing Share Share: this file is shared Comments Catch up Undo There is nothing to redo. Paste Calibri (Body) 11 General Conditional Formatting Conditional Formatting Format As Table Cell Styles Cell Styles Insert Delete Format Sensitivity Add-ins P30 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) of the southwest side of Chicago from 2011 NAIP imagery. High levels of vegetation are dark green while low level

Designing for Just Green Enough: A Data Integration Tool for Informing Community Green Space Planning

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Team Members: Dr. Michelle Stuhlmacher (DePaul University), Dr. Winifred Curran (DePaul University), Dr. Marynia Kolak (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign), Dajoin Williams (DePaul University), Christopher...

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