This course helps meteorologists and the general public understand how weather and climate affect health. It relates the impacts of heat waves and cold temperatures, winter storms and thunderstorms, flooding, drought, poor air quality, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfire, UV radiation, and other weather-related phenomena to health concerns. This course is directed to broadcast meteorologists who play a critical role in the community by helping the public to protect against weather-related health threats. It also describes the public health communication system, providing information about reliable public health services, tools, and resources. This feature was created by the COMET Program and provided to the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).
This course is a part of the Earth Gauge™ environmental curriculum for weathercasters and educators and was developed by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). [See http:www.earthgauge.net/wp/]