The art of science
Artwork from Living Data.
The research behind climate science is often conducted on a microscopic level, involving complex ecological systems and tongue-twisting jargon. Discoveries are then published in such a narrow range of academic journals that essential information is hardly ever accessed by the wider community. Artist Lisa Roberts remembers the exact moment she realised this needed to change.
In 2002, a voyage to Antarctica brought her face to face with evidence of climate change, from the giant cracks forming in the Amery Ice Shelf to the miniscule and endangered Antarctic krill.
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