{ "150764-21910144": { "datetime_modified":"20260824T095846", "datetime_start":"20260908T150000", "datetime_end":"20260908T163000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-09-08", "date_end":"2026-09-08", "time_start":"15:00:00", "time_end":"16:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Water@Michigan Coffee Talk: Changing Michigan Winters", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Water@Michigan Coffee Talk: Changing Michigan Winters", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Talk Description: Climate change is not coming. It is here. We have seen it starkly in northern Michigan over the last three years.\n\nIn late March 2025, a 60-hour freezing rain event coated far northern Michigan in up to an inch of ice, collapsing the power grid, cutting running water and communication to rural communities, and leaving thousands without heat as temperatures then plunged. Ice up to an inch thick built on the Mackinac Bridge, the most significant icing in its history, forcing closures as slabs the size of garage doors fell from the cables. In June 2026, four to seven inches of rain fell within hours across the Lower Peninsula, triggering a state of emergency in three counties. Weeks later, wildfire smoke drove July trip cancellations, contributing to more than $6.6 billion in economic damages statewide, the highest of any state.\nThis panel focuses on the changing winter behind events like these. Northern Michigan is not simply losing snow. It is losing winter as a season we can count on. Warmer air, declining lake ice, shorter snow cover, and more frequent freeze-thaw cycles are restructuring winter into something more episodic. A December snowstorm, a January thaw, rain, ice, then another Arctic outbreak.\n\nThe consequences extend across the systems the region relies on. Thinning snowpack can expose soils and roots to freezing, shift wildlife distributions, and reduce plant productivity at large spatial scales. Winter recreation, forestry, and tourism all depend on cold and snow persisting long enough to plan around. For people, longer tick activity windows can increase Lyme disease risk, while the loss of reliable winter changes the traditions that connect families and communities to this place.\n\nOur panelists will explore these ecological, economic, and human dimensions together, because the future of Michigan winters is not one story. It is many changes, unfolding at once.\n\nModerator: Aim\u00e9e Classen, Professor, LSA and Director of the U-M Biological Station\n\nPanelists: Ayumi Fujisake-Manome, Associate Director & Associate Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research; and Jacob Napieralski, Professor of Geology; Director, Environmental Interpretative Center; U-M Dearborn\n\nAbout Coffee Talks: Coffee Talks provide a monthly opportunity for U-M faculty, staff, and students interested in water, and water-interested people in southeast Michigan to connect with colleagues, learn about pressing and\/or emerging water-related issues, and meet new partners.\n\nThis academic year, we are excited to Envision Resilient Great Lakes Futures\u2014examining the future opportunities, challenges, and innovations shaping the region's water resources, communities, and ecosystems.\n\nCoffee Talks are in-person convenings designed to build connections as part of the U-M Water Center's mission and programs; we are not recording sessions at this time.\n\nYou can register here: https:\/\/graham.umich.edu\/wateratmichigan\/coffee-talks", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"150764-21910144@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/150764", "building_id":"1000165", "building_name":"Weiser Hall", "campus_maps_id":"47", "room":"1010", "location_name":"Weiser Hall", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Biology","Climate Change","Discussion","Ice","Panel","Water","Winters"], "website":"https:\/\/graham.umich.edu\/wateratmichigan\/coffee-talks", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Graham Sustainability Institute", "group_id":"1807", "website":"http:\/\/graham.umich.edu" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150764_original-1.png" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21910144 } , "149933-21907394": { "datetime_modified":"20260805T130853", "datetime_start":"20261001T140000", "datetime_end":"20261001T180000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-10-01", "date_end":"2026-10-01", "time_start":"14:00:00", "time_end":"18:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Climate Week Day of Service", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Climate Week Day of Service", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Community Service", "event_type_id":"4", "description":"Thank you for your interest in participating in the U-M Climate Week Day of Service! You can read about project options below and then click the link to select which project(s) you would like to join. Advance registration is highly encouraged as some projects may fill up. \n\nLove a Park Day at Fuller Park - 4-6pm, Fuller Park - Ann Arbor Parks Volunteer Office\nJoin U-M Health and show some love for Fuller Park! A 60-acre recreation area near the University of Michigan medical campus with a pool, trails leading to Cedar Bend Nature Area and Island Park, and the Border to Border Trail running through it. We'll be focusing on light maintenance and general beautification tasks to help keep the park looking great for all who visit. Specific projects will be determined based on park needs at the time, but may include activities like litter pickup, garden care, mulching, or invasive shrub removal. Some tasks may involve bending, lifting, or being in full sun, and work areas may have uneven terrain or minor tripping hazards.\n\nTake Action at the Arb! - 2-4pm, Reader Center at Nichols Arboretum:\nJoin Nichols Arboretum for an EcoWorkday to celebrate Climate Week! This event focuses on invasive plant removal and strengthening ecosystems at Nichols Arboretum. Perfect for groups, individuals, and pairs. Some tasks may involve bending, lifting, or being in full sun, and work areas may have uneven terrain or minor tripping hazards.\n\nBird Collision Inventory and Seed Library Projects - 3:00-4:30pm, Pierpont Commons - Boulevard Room: \nBird Collision Info Session 3-3:30pm: U-M is launching a seasonal inventory to track bird collisions on campus and use the resulting data to inform updated building design standards and identify high-priority buildings for \u201cbird safe design\u201d retrofits. This 30-minute info session will provide training for volunteers to participate in this year\u2019s inventory. At the end of the session, you can choose how you\u2019d like to get involved with the project. \nSeed Library Project 3:30-4:30pm: Following the bird collision info session, stay or drop in to help the U-M Seed Library package up some Thimbleweed! Thimbleweed attracts native bees among other local fauna, so you'll be supporting a whole native ecosystem by scooping a few seeds into capsules and filling our candy ball dispenser with them. These seeds will be shared with local university community members at their upcoming Roots & Resilience event. Thanks for helping us support the local native plant and pollinators community!\n\nDay of Service Litter Cleanup, 4-6pm, Meet at the Diag Flag Pole in front of Hatcher Library.\nJoin SEAS Trash Club for an afternoon of litter clean-up in downtown Ann Arbor! All supplies will be provided. 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As pressures on water resources intensify\u2014from shifting precipitation patterns and lake level variability to growing demands from communities, agriculture, industry, and ecosystems\u2014the resilience of existing governance frameworks is increasingly being tested.\n\nThe conversation will examine how institutions such as the Great Lakes Compact, along with binational and regional organizations, can be \u201cfuture-proofed\u201d to remain adaptive, equitable, and scientifically informed under deep uncertainty. 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