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<p class="firstp"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/">Highfield Hall & Gardens</a> <span style="color:black">
for the second installment of th</span>e <a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event-calendar/lectures-and-classes/art-science-lecture-series/">
Creating a Climate for Change Through Art and Science lecture series</a><span style="color:black"> featuring
</span>Marine Biological Laboratory <span style="color:black">Assistant Scientist Emil Ruff</span> who will present<span style="color:black">
</span><a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event/creating-a-climate-for-change-through-art-science-emil-ruff-mbl/">“Microbes Munch Methane: how microbes reduce methane emissions from the oceans,"</a><span style="color:black"> Wednesday, July 28 from
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="middlep"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Microorganisms play a vital role in the Earth’s carbon cycle. They can be a source or a sink of the greenhouse gas methane. In this presentation we will dive to the murky depths of
the ocean and visit otherworldly landscapes that harbor microorganisms eating methane. Together these methane munchers remove millions of tons of methane from the world oceans, methane which otherwise may enter the atmosphere and accelerate climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="middlep"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Admission is FREE and PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
<a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event/creating-a-climate-for-change-through-art-science-emil-ruff-mbl/" target="_blank">
HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="middlep"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/">Marine Biological Laboratory</a><span style="color:black">, in collaboration with
</span><a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/">Highfield Hall & Gardens</a><span style="color:black">, the
</span><a href="https://www.whoi.edu/">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a><span style="color:black">, and the
</span><a href="https://www.woodwellclimate.org/">Woodwell Climate Research Center</a><span style="color:black">, are pleased to present this series of conversations which will explore the synergies between art and science as a way to communicate important
issues surrounding the environment and planetary health while inspiring change and stimulating action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="middlep"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I<span style="color:black">n conjunction with two exhibitions at Highfield, </span><a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/current-art-exhibits/sea-change-meditations-on-sustainabilityjune-15-2021/">SEAChange:
Meditations on Sustainability</a><span style="color:black"> and </span><a href="https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/current-art-exhibits/turn-the-tidejuly-14-2021/">Turn the Tide: Courtney Mattison</a><span style="color:black">, participating artists and scientists
will discuss a range of topics, including ocean acidification and coral bleaching, biofuels and the Blue Economy, mapping as an artform and a communication tool, plastics in the ocean, and art as means to amplify science and transform how we learn about the
world.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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