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COVID-19: Assessing the Impacts of the Pandemic on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Science Communication of Climate Change eLightning

Wednesday, 9 December 2020: 05:30-06:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC & Morgan State University, GESTAR/MSU, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States, Michelle E Newcomer, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Christina Procopiou, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC & Morgan State University, GESTAR/MSU, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Alyssa K Whitcraft, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Christina Procopiou, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States and Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC & Morgan State University, GESTAR/MSU, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC & Morgan State University, GESTAR/MSU, Greenbelt, MD, United States
05:30
Introductory Remarks
05:31
The Vida Decision Support System: an integrated modeling framework to inform and monitor regional COVID-19 responses (703932)
Jack Reid, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, United States, Katlyn Turner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States, Seamus Lombardo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States, Mulan Jiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, David Lagomasino, East Carolina University, Department of Coastal Studies, Greenville, NC, United States, Mohammad Jalali, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States, Eric Ashcroft, Blue Raster LLC, Arlington, VA, United States and Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States
05:34
Urgent and critical need for developing countries to invest in Earth observation-based agricultural early warning and monitoring systems to achieve Zero Hunger (SDG-2) (Invited) (686362)
Catherine Lilian Nakalembe1, Hannah Rae Kerner2 and Inbal Becker-Reshef1, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, Geography, College Park, MD, United States
05:40
Impact of COVID19 on Disease Surveillance and Reporting (766020)
Assaf Anyamba, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Heidi Tubbs, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States and Bhaskar Bishnoi, Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Columbia, United States
05:43
Assessing potential impacts of COVID-19 on water quality using combined Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 data products (696022)
Armin Mehrabian1,2, Brandon Smith3,4 and Nima Pahlevan1,2, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
05:46
The potential impact of the COVID-19 on the corn growth and yield of the United States (713557)
Zihan Lin, Michigan State University, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States and Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
05:49
Integrate NASA Remote Sensing Data into your Research on COVID-19’s Impact on Sustainable Development Goals with our Data Pathfinder (669199)
Cynthia Hall and Kevin Ward, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Data Systems, Washington, DC, United States
05:52
Accelerating the use of emerging ocean observing technologies to monitor ecosystem change and supporting fisheries needs while protecting human health and safety (772729)
Hassan Moustahfid, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, William Michaels, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Brett Alger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, United States, Avijit Gangopadhyay, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States and Patrice Brehmer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Silver Spring, United States; Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IUEM-LEMAR, Plouzané, France
05:55
Responding to the intersection of COVID-19 and climate by bringing compound risks into focus (763046)
Kristina Dahl1, Juan Declet-Barreto2, Erika Spanger-Siegfried2, Adrienne Hollis3, Carly Phillips4, Rachel Licker5 and Astrid Caldas2, (1)Union of Concerned Scientists, Oakland, CA, United States, (2)Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, United States, (4)Union of Concerned Scientists, Boston, United States, (5)Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C., United States
05:58
Using the Nextdoor Social Platform to Communicate Facts and Refute Misinformation about Climate Change and COVID-19 (748700)
Mark Boslough1, Karin B Kirk2, Holly Olivarez3, Peter Vorobieff1 and C. Randall Truman1, (1)University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Yale Climate Connections, Bozeman, MT, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
06:01
Avenues for Increased Engagement in the International Climate Process in the Midst of Uncertain Times (736833)
Frank Granshaw1,2, Miroslav Polzer3, Neeraja Haviligi1,4, Owen M Rudoloff1, Jessica Kleiss5 and Vicki Coats6, (1)Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network, Portland, OR, United States, (2)Portland State University, Geology / University Studies, Portland, OR, United States, (3)International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria, (4)Oregon State University, Environmental Science, Corvallis, United States, (5)Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, United States, (6)Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR, United States
06:04
Communicating to a General Audience with Pandemic and Climate Change Analogs (671137)
Philip H Nelson, Retired, Washington, DC, United States
06:07
Q&A
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