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<div>Greetings Scholars at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute!</div>
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<div>The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just launched a new
crowdsourcing, citizen science application called “<a
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href="http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast" target="_blank">iCoast
– Did the Coast Change?</a>” that asks volunteers like
yourselves to identify changes to the coast by comparing
and tagging aerial photographs taken before and after
storms. Your contributions help USGS scientists improve
the accuracy of coastal-erosion prediction models and
vulnerability assessments that support pre-storm planning
and post-storm rescue, recovery, and mitigation efforts.
It is also a great educational tool for teaching students
and even coastal residents about coastal hazards.</div>
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<div>We are looking for volunteers to classify photos taken
before and after Hurricane Sandy for our first project,
and particularly targeting people with different kinds of
coastal expertise and interests. More background
information on iCoast is available in this <a
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href="http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/usgs-icoast-did-the-coast-change/"
target="_blank">USGS Top Story article</a> and on the <a
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href="http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast/about.php"
target="_blank">iCoast website</a>.</div>
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<div>Sign up as a digital volunteer, classify a few photos
for 5 minutes, and help spread the word to any colleagues,
students, friends, and family:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast" target="_blank">http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast</a>
OR <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://icoast.us/"
target="_blank">http://icoast.us</a> (short link for social
media)</div>
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<div>iCoast is also an open-source project available on GitHub
at:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://github.com/usgs/icoast" target="_blank">https://github.com/usgs/icoast</a></div>
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<div>If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via
email at:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:sophialiu@usgs.gov"
target="_blank">sophialiu@usgs.gov</a> or <a
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target="_blank">icoast@usgs.gov</a></div>
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<div>Thanks for your help!</div>
<div>Sophia and the iCoast Team</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Sophia B. Liu, Ph.D.
St. Petersburg Coastal & Marine Science Center</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">U.S. Geological Survey
600 4th Street South, Room C 108</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Mendenhall Postdoc Fellow St.
Petersburg, FL 33701-4846</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Research Geographer
USA</font></div>
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<font color="#000000">Work: 727-502-8093 <a
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target="_blank">http://sophiabliu.com</a><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Cell: 630-729-4216
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://profile.usgs.gov/sophialiu"
target="_blank">http://profile.usgs.gov/sophialiu</a></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sophialiu@usgs.gov" target="_blank">sophialiu@usgs.gov</a>
sophiabliu (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)</font></div>
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