Telling the "Hidden" Stories of Water: Revealing Connections...
Schedule
Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
535 West Fee Hall, 909 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48824 | East Lansing, MI
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Join us for an upcoming Town & Gown Session: “Telling the ‘Hidden’ Stories of Water: Revealing Connections between Climate, Land, Water, & Human Systems” presented by Dr. Jay Zarnetske from noon – 1 pm on Friday, February 20, 2026, in the Robertson Room, at The Peoples Church in East Lansing. Bring a lunch and enjoy the presentation and discussion as part of the Town & Gown Series.In this presentation, we will take time to appreciate the world from the perspective of water. Water is profound in that it connects us all to each other and the environment. By documenting these water connections, we gain a more holistic understanding of the world and can achieve environmental sustainability goals. Yet, society rarely invests in resources to understand these connections. So, here we will look at some recent projects led by our lab that focus on water connections. We will start by going to the vast, beautiful, yet rapidly warming Arctic, to reveal the hidden stories of Arctic change as told by stream water. And then we will finish with examples of how we can better communicate the incredible, yet often hidden, value of water to society and life on Earth.
Dr. Jay Zarnetske is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State University, where he studies watershed science and helps train the next generation of environmental scientists. To answer a wide range of fundamental and applied scientific questions, he focuses on questions about the physics and chemistry of water, such as, “Where does water go when it rains? What flow path does it take? And how long did it take to get there?” Working with scientists and policy makers around the world, Jay has been part of research projects done on every continent generating more than 65 publications, hundreds of presentations, and dozens of educational and outreach products. He recently led an international team that changed the way the global water cycle is depicted and taught around the world, leads Arctic research expeditions, and was head of the major non-profit organization providing critical data and computing infrastructure to advance water scientists around the world.
This collaborative effort is made possible through the partnership of MSU AgeAlive, MSU Social Science Scholars Program, Generations Connect, Friends of the East Lansing Seniors Program, East Lansing Prime Time Seniors Program, The Great Decisions Program of the Foreign Policy Association, and The Peoples Church of East Lansing.
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If you are having trouble registering, please email [email protected] and we will add you to the registration list. Please note that there is free parking in The Peoples Church East Lansing lot.
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