[iris-bulk] AGU Special Session PA02 on geophysics and society

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Dear Colleagues,

With this message we draw your attention to session PA02, entitled  
"Increasing the Societal Impact of Geophysics" at the fall AGU  
meeting. The scope of the session is:

"Geophysics is a field that benefits society in numerous ways that  
include the exploration and production of resources, the prediction  
and mitigation of natural hazards, the characterization of  
hydrological systems, and a better quantitative understanding of the  
way in which our environment works. In this session we present various  
initiatives that aim at increasing the societal impact of geophysics.  
There are an impressive number of initiatives within the geoscience  
community that have the goal to use geophysics for solving  
environmental, geotechnical and hydrological problems, or that help  
manage natural hazards and resources in impoverished regions. By  
presenting such initiatives we hope to engage more geophysicists in  
humanitarian activities."

Because seismologists can play an important role in managing and  
mitigating seismic hazards, this is a topic where seismologists can  
help make a difference. We hope you will consider submitting an  
abstract to this session. Note that an abstract submitted to a public  
affairs session, such as PA02, does not count towards the limitation  
of submitting  one abstract as first author.

Sincerely, Roel Snieder (rsnieder at mines.edu) and Louise Pellerin (pellerin at ak.net 
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