UBC experts available to comment on forest fires, drought, air quality

July 6, 2015

UBC experts are available to comment on a variety of issues related to hot weather, including droughts, wildfires, heat waves and the smoke and air quality issues affecting the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

Michael Brauer
Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604.822.9585 (e-mail preferred)
Email: michael.brauer@ubc.ca

• Air pollution
• Forest fire smoke and health effects
• Health effects of extreme heat
• Climate change and health

Chris Carlsten
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Email: carlsten@mail.ubc.ca
Tel: 604.839.1561

• Respiratory problems
• Health effects of heat waves
• Climate change

Lori Daniels
Associate Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 236-997-5222
Email: lori.daniels@ubc.ca

• Forest fires ­ past and present
• Forest decline and tree deaths related to drought
• Impacts of climate variation and change on forests

Sarah Henderson
Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604.910.9144
Email: sarah.henderson@bccdc.ca

• Extreme hot weather and its health impacts
• Forest fire smoke and its health impacts
• Climate change and health in general

John Innes
Dean, Faculty of Forestry
Tel: 604.822.3542
Email: john.innes@ubc.ca

• People’s responses to heat waves
• Impact of heat waves on forests
• Impact of drought on forests
• Adaptation of forests to climate change
• Responses of resorts (like Whistler) to climate change

Lael Parrott
Associate Professor, Depts. of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Biology, UBC Okanagan
Email: lael.parrott@ubc.ca

• Effects of climate change on forests and other ecosystems
• Impacts of climate change on species’ range expansion, movement northward and up in altitude
• Climate change in general

John Richardson
Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 604.822.6586 (best available via e-mail)
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca
Skype: john.s.richardson

• Freshwater ecosystems – impacts on salmon and other fish
• Impacts on forest growth and forest health
• Impacts on downstream users of water, including humans, of changes in volumes, temperatures and water quality
• Competition for water between users (humans vs. other species)

Hans Schreier (available after July 6)
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Tel 1: 604.822.4401
Tel 2: 604.731.0548
Email: hans.schreier@ubc.ca

• Water conservation and river management
• Drought management
• Domestic and agricultural water use and water pollution

David Scott
Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, UBC Okanagan
Tel: 250.807.8755
Cell: 250.870.6928
Email: david.scott@ubc.ca

• Effects of fire on soils, water and ecosystems
• Rehabilitation measures to prevent flood/erosion damage in the aftermath of wildfire
• Part of The 4^th International Conference on Forest and Water in a Changing Environment, Kelowna, BC, July 6 – 9 (www.forestandwater2015.com)

Douw Steyn
Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 604.827.5517
Cell: 604.364.1266
Email: dsteyn@eos.ubc.ca

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