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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

                          Bridging T wo Continents

                                        A joint meeting between the Geological Society of China
                                                  and the Geological Society of America

                                        held in conjunction with the GSA 2015 Annual Meeting

                                          You are invited to participate in the Bridging Two Continents portion of the GSA 2015
                                        meeting in Baltimore. This “meeting within a meeting” will be held on Sunday and
                                        Monday, 1–2 November, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Topical Sessions T1–T8 are
                                        part of the Bridging Two Continents meeting and are open to all GSA attendees. Nearly
                                        160 abstracts have been accepted for these sessions.

                                          An additional highlight of this meeting will be the ticketed luncheon on Monday,
                                        featuring a keynote address by James Hansen, “Ice Melt, Sea-Level Rise & Superstorms:
                                        Finding a Realistic Pathway to Clean Energy and Stable Climate.” Purchase your ticket
                                        today!

                          James Hansen  Bridging Two Continents Luncheon
                                        with Featured Keynote Speaker James Hansen
GSA TODAY | OCTOBER 2015
                                        Ice Melt, Sea-Level Rise & Superstorms: Finding a Realistic Pathway to
                                        Clean Energy and Stable Climate

                                        Mon., 2 Nov., noon–1:30 p.m.

                                          This luncheon is open to any attendee who purchases a ticket (US$50), and thanks
                                        to a generous contribution, the first 25 students who want to attend can register for
                                        US$25 each.

                                          Speaker James Hansen retired as director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space
                                        Studies in 2013. He now serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth
                                        Institute, where he directs the “Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions” program.
                                        His talk will cover the current understanding of the human-made climate change that
                                        is now under way and the most important implications of that change for humanity
                                        and other species. The talk will also evaluate the changes in the global energy pathway
                                        required to stabilize climate and the economically realistic pathways to achieving
                                        carbon-free energy soon enough to avoid disastrous consequences for young people.
                                        Hansen notes that the present situation constitutes a global crisis that calls for interna-
                                        tional scientific and engineering cooperation, most particularly between China and the
                                        United States.

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