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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>We are happy to kick off the new
semester.  Enviro-Lunch will be held in a hybrid format (in person or zoom) <b>every Monday 12- 1 pm</b>. We invited Dr. Hannah Palmer, a UC Merced Chancellor's
Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-2022, as our first speaker. We hope you find her topic
interesting and join us at <b>SE2 #224 on Sep 13th between 12-1 pm (PST).</b><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><b>Title:</b>
Ocean and climate change in the Northeast Pacific through the Holocene<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><b>Abstract:</b>
Broadly, I seek to leverage the paleorecord to understand biogeochemical and
ecosystem change across systems and timescales. In this talk, I will discuss
the results of my dissertation work focused on investigating marine sediment
records to understand oxygenation change over time and linked
marine-terrestrial climate change through the Holocene, and I will introduce my
work at UC Merced investigating geochemical signatures of wildfire.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><b>Bio:</b>
Hannah is currently a UC Merced Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow working with
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and Sora Kim in the Life and Environmental Sciences
Department. She recently completed her PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences at
UC Davis where she worked with Tessa Hill in the Ocean and Climate Lab and
Bodega Marine Laboratory. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>Sincerely,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>co-host: KJ Min, Manisha Dolui, Toshiyuki Bandai, Jennifer Alvarez</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>Fall 2021 Enviro-Lunch Schedule<br></span></span></p>

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  semester begins<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">labor day<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Hannah
  Palmer <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@UCM<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Ocean
  and climate change in the Northeast Pacific through the Holocene <span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">9/20<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Marisa Nicole <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@ LLNL<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">TBD<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Mahesh
  Maskey <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@
  UCM<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Managing
  groundwater recharge near Folsom Lake<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">10/4<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt">Ariane Arias Ortiz <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt">@ UCB<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Estuarine wetland
  restoration: a trade-off between C sequestration, CH4 emissions and soil
  accretion<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">10/11<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Bhavna
  Arora <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@LBNL<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Using
  reactive transport models to elucidate mechanisms controlling nitrogen
  cycling <span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">10/18<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Margaret Smither-Kopperl
  <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@NRCS<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Lockeford Plant
  Materials Center: Collaborative Research Projects in support of Conservation
  in CA<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Alex
  Krichels <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@
  UCR<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Nitrogen
  transformation in terrestrial ecosystems<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">11/1<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Xuan Zhang <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@UCM<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Atmospheric modeling<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">11/8<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Maggie
  Yuan <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@UCB<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">rhizosphere
  processes<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">11/15<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">John Nimmo <span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">@USDA<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Preferential flow
  through unsaturated soil: How can we understand and predict it?<span></span></span></p>
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 <tr style="height:3pt">
  <td style="width:0.5in;border-color:currentcolor rgb(156,194,229) rgb(156,194,229) currentcolor;border-style:none solid solid none;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt medium;background:rgb(222,234,246) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:3pt" width="48" valign="top" nowrap>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">11/22<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Michael
  Kaiser<span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span>@U of Nebraska<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">SOM
  dynamics<span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">11/29<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Thanksgiving<span></span></span></p>
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  <td style="width:0.5in;border-color:currentcolor rgb(156,194,229) rgb(156,194,229) currentcolor;border-style:none solid solid none;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt medium;background:rgb(222,234,246) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:14.5pt" width="48" valign="top" nowrap>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:right;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">12/6<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">final
  prep<span></span></span></p>
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