ANN ARBOR, Mich. — To round out the Year of Sustainability at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), the LSA Sustainability team is hosting a Michigan Winters Roundtable.
Bring your questions about changing winters for Dr. Aimée Classen, director of the University of Michigan Biological Station and a professor in the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, who has been exploring how declining snowpack in the winter has cascading impacts on forest productivity, water quality and human health in the summer and year-round.
The ecosystem and global change ecologist will lead the discussion from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall, located at 500 Church St. in Ann Arbor.
During the free, public event, learn how winter research is unfolding at the Biological Station, how to support local biodiversity throughout the winter season, and tips for winter recreation.
Also a speaker at the Michigan Winters Roundtable is Caitlin Jacobs, sustainability program manager. Jacobs is responsible for climate action in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Refreshments and crafts will be provided.
In her research, Classen explores how ecological interactions influence the atmosphere’s carbon cycling process. She uses a combination of observations, experiments and models to explore the influence of climate change on biodiversity in ecosystems spanning northern Michigan forests and wetlands to mountain tops around the world.
Visit the Michigan Winters Roundtable calendar event for more information.
Founded in 1909, the U-M Biological Station is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations. Laboratories, classrooms and cabins are tucked into more than 11,000 acres along Douglas Lake in northern Michigan to support long-term science research and education.
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