ever it starts with great intern. wow, along with these television companies support cspan2 as a public service. hello everyone welcome. i am absolutely delighted to be moderating today s session. this is underwater, climate change and me. if you are not interested in hearing about oceans and coral reef first i am sorry for you. [laughter] you may show yourself out of the room. we are going to be diving into 45 minutes of conversation about our oceans. we are going to start an sun dress in shallow waters with coral reef and make our way down into the darker more mysterious adapts. what i am excited about is to be joined by two incredible marine scientists and authors joining us today we have the author of the life on the rocks building a future for coral reef. doctor julie. [applause] as well as an intrepid explorer research scientist and author of below the edges darkness. a memoir of exploring light in life in the deep sea. doctor edith witter. [applause] we would like