<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><span></span><br><font face="Lucida Calligraphy" size="5">You are invited to a lunch-time
panel discussion on Climate Change Impacts and the work of USGS scientists
and the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center on this Earth Day,
April 22, 2010.</font>
<p><img src="cid:_1_07631868076309240052800285257703"><font face="Lucida Calligraphy" size="2"><br></font></p><p><font face="Lucida Calligraphy" size="2">A
USGS researcher collecting methane gas emitted from a thermo karst lake,
North Slope Alaska</font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">This panel features three scientists
who will present brief overviews of their research:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><br></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">S. Jeffress Williams: Sea-Level
Rise Impacts to Coastal Systems</font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Neil Ganju: Cascading Models of
Climate Change: From Atmosphere to Estuary</font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Carolyn Ruppel: Thawing Permafrost
and Degassing Methane Hydrates--Climate Change in the Arctic</font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The panel discussion will be introduced
and moderated by Ben Gutierrez.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><br></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Date: April 22, 2010 Noon
event</b></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Place: USGS Woods Hole Coastal
and Marine Science Center, Tilley Conference Room, Gosnold building</b></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Located on the Quissett Campus
of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (384 Woods Hole Road)</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><br></b></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Directions:</b></font><font face="Calibri" size="3">
</font><a href="http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/whcenter.html" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><u>http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/whcenter.html</u></b></font></a><font face="Calibri" size="3">
or </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>contact: Chris Polloni,
508-457-2280 or cpolloni@usgs.gov</b></font>
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Chris Polloni, IT Specialist, Outreach/Comm Coordinator USGS, Woods Hole
Coastal and Marine Science Center - Tilley Conference Ctr<br>
office voice: (508) 457-2280 - FAX: (508)
457-2310 for outreach - my personal cell phone - (774) 392-4479<br>
384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA USA 02543</font><br></p></div></body></html>