<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>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:<br><br>"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."<br><br>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.<br><br>Sincerely, Roel Snieder (<a href="mailto:rsnieder@mines.edu">rsnieder@mines.edu</a>) and Louise Pellerin (<a href="mailto:pellerin@ak.net">pellerin@ak.net</a>)<br><br><br></body></html>