<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-69f8b6a8-7fff-32f3-69a8-3cf5e8041181"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We're hiring a biological methane removal expert.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Methane is responsible for roughly 30% of current warming, and even with aggressive emissions reductions, methane concentrations are expected to stay elevated due to hard-to-abate sources like thawing permafrost and warming wetlands. That's why Spark is working to accelerate the assessment of the viability of methane removal as part of the climate solutions portfolio. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Strengthening biological processes that naturally consume methane is one research pathway we are exploring.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This is a one-year appointment for a researcher ready to bring deep expertise in methanotrophs and biological methane cycling to applied field-building and research strategy work: mapping research gaps, building relationships across the research community, and managing a research funding solicitation process to support the highest-leverage opportunities. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We’ve posted this opportunity in two formats—a full-time scientist role and a part-time senior fellow role—to attract a wider range of strong candidates. However, we will ultimately hire only one person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you're excited about helping determine whether biology can play a role in addressing one of our toughest climate challenges, we'd love to hear from you.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Full time scientist: </span><a href="https://www.sparkclimate.org/jobs/biological-methane-removal-scientist" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.sparkclimate.org/jobs/biological-methane-removal-scientist</span></a></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Part time senior fellow:</span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> <a href="https://www.sparkclimate.org/jobs/biological-methane-removal-senior-fellow">https://www.sparkclimate.org/jobs/biological-methane-removal-senior-fellow</a></span></font></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700">Megan L. Melamed, PhD</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Program Director, Methane Removal</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margi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