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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='color:black'>So a Wetland Walks into a Market…Research @ Reserve
Coffee House at Waquoit Bay Reserve Continues on Thursday, March 14th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:black'>On Thursday, March 14th at 7:00 pm, Waquoit Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve’s Community Coffee House series, Research at
the Reserve, continues with Dr. Kevin Kroeger with the US Geological Survey.
Kevin will speak about the “Bringing Wetlands to Market” project
currently taking place at South Cape Beach, a component of Waquoit Bay Research
Reserve. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>Salt marshes are a
crucial piece of coastal ecosystems, and are essential to maintain the
ecosystem functions and services that people value at the coast. But a
less well-known service provided by coastal wetlands is carbon storage.
Dr. Kroeger explains further, “As it turns out, coastal wetlands store
carbon faster than any other ecosystem on the planet. Ultimately, to deal
with climate change and the greenhouse gas emissions problem, many different
actions will need to be taken to reduce combustion of fuels. But, an
additional concept that may be a part of the solution is to protect places
where carbon is currently stored, such as in forests and wetland soils; and to
increase the rate of new carbon uptake from the atmosphere and storage in
ecosystems, by restoring degraded ecosystems. That concept is quite far along
with regard to forests, so that in parts of the world where a carbon market, or
cap and trade system, exists, to meet their emission reduction targets, major
emitters of greenhouse gases can pay to protect and restore carbon storage in
forests anywhere on the globe. This study has the potential to dramatically
increase conservation of wetlands for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas
concentrations.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>However,
the climate benefit of coastal wetlands may depend significantly on local
conditions. In this seminar Kevin will describe his contribution to a new
project aimed at quantifying carbon storage capacity and greenhouse gas
movement in coastal wetlands, using Cape Cod as a model. Led by Waquoit
Bay Reserve with a $1.3 million grant from the NERRS Science Collaborative,
a team of researchers from several institutions are investigating the
interactions between climate, carbon storage, greenhouse gas fluxes and
widespread nitrogen pollution in our coastal wetlands. </span>Kevin Kroeger is
a coastal biogeochemist at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal & Marine Science
Center. Within the Wetlands Carbon Collaborative he is responsible in
part for experimental design, participation in project coordination, and
measurements of lateral greenhouse gas, carbon and nitrogen movement, in
collaboration with colleagues at USGS. Dr. Kroeger has studied coastal ecosystems
for 15 years, with a specialization in fluxes and biogeochemistry of nitrogen
in groundwater discharge to estuaries and wetlands.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Each Thursday evening at 7:00PM
during the first three weeks of March, a different scientist will discuss their
research at the Waquoit Bay Reserve. In addition to explaining the research
they’re doing, they will include personal anecdotes on how they did the
science and how they feel their research will make a difference to those
sitting in the audience. This series was created to help expose community
members to cutting edge science in a relaxed and informal way. The interactive
coffee house format helps people feel equally comfortable asking questions and
joining in the discussion or just sitting back and listening to the
scientists’ stories of their work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Doors open at 6:45 pm with a
chance to view the exhibits in the visitor center and sample some homemade
sweets and coffee and tea. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mug
and flashlight for traveling from the parking lot. </span>Admission is
free. For more information, call 508-457-0495 x 107 or 108. Waquoit Bay Reserve
is located at 149 Waquoit Highway (route 28), Waquoit, Massachusetts. <span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The spring series will wrap up on March 21<sup>st</sup> with
Eye to the Sky program with David Fisichella, Manager Shipboard Scientific
Services, WHOI, and James Rassman, Stewardship Coordinator at Waquoit Bay
Research Reserve.For more information and a downloadable flyer, go to <a
href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:navy'>Laurie Tompkins</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#244061'>Event Coordinator</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#244061'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><span
style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#244061'>P.O. Box 3092</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#244061'>Waquoit, MA 02536</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#244061'>Tel. 508-457-0495 x108</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#244061'>Fax 617-727-5537</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.waquoitbayreserve.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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