Gliding glaciers, rising water levels, disappearing creatures - this is what climate change looks like
Scientists and artists joined forces to visualize climate change and what our life might look like in a dozen or so hundred years.
Google Art and Culture presents another fascinating and original exhibition. This time, however, he does not invite us to the caves painted by hand of our oldest ancestors or to the monuments fighting for life . This time, he puts a scientific slide on the eyes of the artists and shows our planet from the perspective of the changes taking place on it, documented in long and unattractive reports for the average recipient.
Heartbeat of the Earth at Google Arts & Culture .
On the occasion of World Environment Day, a series of experimental works inspired by data on climate and its changes came to Google Arts & Culture. As part of the Heartbeat of the Earth exhibition, the artists invited to collaborate chose data from climate change reports prepared by international institutions and created interactive works inspired by them.
At Coastline Paradox, Timo Aho and Pekka Niittyvirta used scientific calculations and photos from Google Street View to show where sea level was in 2000 and where it would be in 2300 if we change nothing. You can look into different corners of the dawn and see the disturbing future, in which water floods the next floors of existing buildings and depopulates subsequent areas.
In the work created by the Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner Timelines we also follow the changes in time, but this time we look only at the past. Scientific research has succeeded in recreating the path that two Swiss glaciers have traveled in the last 140 years. Luminous blue lines superimposed on beautiful photographs show where still tongues of ice reached a hundred, fifty and twenty years ago.
In the Acidifying Ocean project, Cristina Tarquini shows the effects of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the oceans. We move on the timeline, tracking how the temperature gradually increases. Other species of sea creatures are flashing before our eyes, we can pass them or, if they intrigue us, read more about them by clicking on an intriguing creature.
What We Eat, in turn, shows the carbon footprint left by what we eat. In this way, a colorful grid of points visualizing the impact of our diet on carbon dioxide production was created. You can preview what others are eating or create your own diet and add it to the project.
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Gliding glaciers, rising water levels, disappearing creatures - this is what climate change looks like
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